About the Authors
- Karine Thivierge
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Contributed equally to this work with: Karine Thivierge, Asma Iqbal
Affiliation Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
- Asma Iqbal
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Contributed equally to this work with: Karine Thivierge, Asma Iqbal
Affiliation Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Brent Dixon
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Affiliation Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Réjean Dion
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Affiliation Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
- Benoît Levesque
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Affiliation Direction de la santé environnementale et de la toxicologie, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Québec City, Canada
- Philippe Cantin
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Affiliation Centre d’expertise en analyse environnementale du Québec, Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement, et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, Québec City, Canada
- Lyne Cédilotte
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Affiliations J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Momar Ndao
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Affiliation National Reference Center for Parasitology, Montreal, Canada
- Jean-François Proulx
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Kuujjuaq, Canada
- Cedric P. Yansouni
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* E-mail: cedric.yansouni@mcgill.ca
Affiliations J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CPY KT AI BD PC JFP. Performed the experiments: AI PC LC. Analyzed the data: RD AI BD KT CPY PC JFP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT CPY BD PC MN JFP. Wrote the paper: CPY KT AI BD RD BL PC LC MN JFP. Coordinated the laboratory response to the outbreak: CPY KT. Performed molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium: AI BD. Headed the public health response to the outbreak: JFP. Performed epidemiologic data analysis: RD. Performed the water analyses: PC.