Environmental Health Engineering Theory and Practice/1993 Cryptosporidiosis Outbreak; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

The 1993 Milwaukee Cryptosporidiosis outbreak was a significant distribution of the Cryptosporidium protozoan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the largest waterborne disease outbreak in documented United States history.

Useful Off-site Resources

• Cryptosporidium in Milwaukee’s water supply caused widespread illness: The 1993 Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis outbreak remains the largest epidemic of waterborne disease in U.S. history, (2007).