ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2015
Recreational Water and Infection: A Review of Recent Findings.
Review in Current environmental health reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The use of faecal indicator organisms to manage microbial health risks in recreational waterways not impacted by point sources of sewage: a systematic review of the epidemiological evidence.Journal of water and health · 2025Pooled it
- Risk perceptions and behaviours of beachgoers toward recreational water quality in Canada: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Residential green space mitigates genetic susceptibility to incident irritable bowel syndrome in a prospective cohort of 376 749 individuals.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Combined Locally Enhanced Electric Field Treatment and Copper for Effective Disinfection in a Circulating Water System.ACS ES&T engineering · 2026Article
- Unintentional Water Intake During Swimming and Post-Race Gastrointestinal Illness in Triathletes: Results from 6 Triathlons and 1294 Athletes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment ofToxics · 2025Article
- Investigating the presence of virulence determinants and vancomycin-resistant genes inJournal of water and health · 2025Article
- Acute gastrointestinal illness burden associated with water recreation in high-income countries: A scoping review.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025Article
- The spread of antimicrobial resistance in the aquatic environment from faecal pollution: a scoping review of a multifaceted issue.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2025Article
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- Association between Combined Sewer Overflow Events and Gastrointestinal Illness in Massachusetts Municipalities with and without River-Sourced Drinking Water, 2014-2019.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
- Human adenovirus-associated health risk in the recreational waters of the Yal-ku lagoon in the Mexican Caribbean.Journal of water and health · 2024Article
- Scenario-based assessment of fecal pathogen sources affecting bathing water quality: novel treatment options to reduce norovirus andFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Improvement of crAssphage detection/quantification method and its extensive application for food safety.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Physicochemical and bacteriological quality of swimming pools water in Kombolcha Town, Northeastern Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Opportunistic Pathogens of Recreational Waters with Emphasis on Antimicrobial Resistance-A Possible Subject of Human Health Concern.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Plasmid-Mediated Fluoroquinolone Resistance Genes in Quinolone-SusceptibleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- The emergency discharge of sewage to the Bay of Gdańsk as a source of bacterial enrichment in coastal air.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Extended Ecological Restoration of Bacterial Communities in the Godavari River During the COVID-19 Lockdown Period: a Spatiotemporal Meta-analysis.Microbial ecology · 2021Article
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Abstract
This paper reviews the latest evidence provided by epidemiological studies and quantitative microbial risk assessments (QMRAs) of infection risk from recreational water use. Studies for review were selected following a PubMed search for articles published between January 2010 and April 2014. Epidemiological studies show a generally elevated risk of gastrointestinal illness in bathers compared to non-bathers but often no clear association with water quality as measured by faecal indicator bacteria; this is especially true where study sites are impacted by non-point source pollution. Evidence from QMRAs support the lack of a consistent water quality association for non-point source-impacted beaches. It is suggested that source attribution, through quantified microbial source apportionment, linked with appropriate use of microbial source tracking methods should be employed as an integral part of future epidemiological surveys.
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