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ArticleZdravstveno varstvo2015

Drinking Water Quality and the Geospatial Distribution of Notified Gastro-Intestinal Infections.

Eva Grilc, Ivanka Gale, Aleš Veršič, Tina Žagar, Maja Sočan

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Article in Zdravstveno varstvo, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Eva GrilcNational Institute of Public Health, Centre for Communicable diseases, Zaloška 29, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Ivanka GaleNational Institute of Public Health, Centre for environmental threats, Trubarjeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Aleš VeršičSlovenian Environmental Agency, Vojkova 1b, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Tina ŽagarEpidemiology and Cancer Registry, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Maja SočanNational Institute of Public Health, Centre for Communicable diseases, Zaloška 29, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
National Institute of Public Health · SIInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana · SISlovenian Environment Agency · SI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionEven brief episodes of fecal contamination of drinking water can lead directly to illness in the consumers. In water-borne outbreaks, the connection between poor microbial water quality and disease can be quickly identified. The impact of non-compliant drinking water samples due to E. coli taken for regular monitoring on the incidence of notified acute gastrointestinal infections has not yet been studied.

methodsThe objective of this study was to analyse the geographical distribution of notified acute gastrointestinal infections (AGI) in Slovenia in 2010, with hotspot identification. The second aim of the study was to correlate the fecal contamination of water supply system on the settlement level with the distribution of notified AGI cases. Spatial analysis using geo-information technology and other methods were used.

resultsHot spots with the highest proportion of notified AGI cases were mainly identified in areas with small supply zones. The risk for getting AGI was drinking water contaminated with E. coli from supply zones with 50-1000 users: RR was 1.25 and significantly greater than one (p-value less than 0.001).

conclusionThis study showed the correlation between the frequency of notified AGI cases and non-compliant results in drinking water monitoring.

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acute gastrointestinal infectionsdrinking water monitoringfecal pollution of drinking waterGISquality of drinking watersurveillance

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