ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015
Common features of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.
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- Moving Beyond the Silos of Opportunistic Pathogen and Disinfection Byproduct Research to Improve Drinking Water System Management.Environmental science & technology · 2025Review
- Microbial risks in drinking water systems: persistence and public health implications of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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- Responses of drinking water bulk and biofilm microbiota to elevated water age in bench-scale simulated distribution systems.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2024Article
- Estimating the burden of illness caused by domestic waterborne Legionnaires' disease in Canada: 2015-2019.Epidemiology and infection · 2024Article
- Extended water stagnation in buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic increases the risks posed by opportunistic pathogens.Water research X · 2023Article
- Influence of pipe materials on in-building disinfection ofWater research X · 2023Article
- Shotgun Metagenomics Reveals Impacts of Copper and Water Heater Anodes on Pathogens and Microbiomes in Hot Water Plumbing Systems.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
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- Legionella and other opportunistic pathogens in full-scale chloraminated municipal drinking water distribution systems.Water research · 2021Article
- Bacteriophage Treatment before Chemical Disinfection Can Enhance Removal of Plastic-Surface-Associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Recently it has been estimated that the annual cost of diseases caused by the waterborne pathogens Legionella pneumonia, Mycobacterium avium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa is $500 million. For the period 2001-2012, the estimated cost of hospital admissions for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, the majority caused by M. avium, was almost $1 billion. These three waterborne opportunistic pathogens are normal inhabitants of drinking water--not contaminants--that share a number of key characteristics that predispose them to survival, persistence, and growth in drinking water distribution systems and premise plumbing. Herein, I list and describe these shared characteristics that include: disinfectant-resistance, biofilm-formation, growth in amoebae, growth at low organic carbon concentrations (oligotrophic), and growth under conditions of stagnation. This review is intended to increase awareness of OPPPs, identify emerging OPPPs, and challenge the drinking water industry to develop novel approaches toward their control.
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