ReviewCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2013
Recreational water-related illness: office management and prevention.
Review in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Microbial bowel infections-induced biochemical and biological abnormalities and their effects on young Egyptian swimmers.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Physicochemical and bacteriological quality of swimming pools water in Kombolcha Town, Northeastern Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Health-related behaviors and associated factors among swimming pool users in Kombolcha Town, Northeastern Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Microbial Communities' Characterization in Urban Recreational Surface Waters Using Next Generation Sequencing.Microbial ecology · 2021Article
- Occurrence of microbial indicators, pathogenic bacteria and viruses in tropical surface waters subject to contrasting land use.Water research · 2019Article
- An outbreak of Norovirus infections associated with recreational lake water in Western Finland, 2014.Epidemiology and infection · 2018Article
- Antibiotic Use in Agriculture and Its Consequential Resistance in Environmental Sources: Potential Public Health Implications.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
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- Climate Change, Drought and Human Health in Canada.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Review
- Health and safety in recreational waters.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2014Article
- A little deeper.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2013Article
- The fine things on earth.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2013Article
Corrections and comments
- Commented on byA little deeper.2013
Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo review the risk factors, management, and prevention of recreational water-related illness in family practice. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Original and review articles from January 1998 to February 2012 were identified using PubMed and the search terms water-related illness, recreational water illness, and swimmer illness. MAIN MESSAGE: There is a 3% to 8% risk of acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) after swimming. The high-risk groups for AGI are children younger than 5 years, especially if they have not been vaccinated for rotavirus, and elderly and immunocompromised patients. Children are at higher risk because they swallow more water when swimming, stay in the water longer, and play in the shallow water and sand, which are more contaminated. Participants in sports with a lot of water contact like triathlon and kite surfing are also at high risk, and even activities involving partial water contact like boating and fishing carry a 40% to 50% increase in risk of AGI compared with nonwater recreational activities. Stool cultures should be done when a recreational water illness is suspected, and the clinical dehydration scale is a useful clinical tool for assessing the treatment needs of affected children.
conclusionRecreational water illness is the main attributable cause of AGI during swimming season. Recognition that swimming is a substantial source of illness can help prevent recurrent and secondary cases. Rotavirus vaccine is highly recommended for children who will swim frequently.
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