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ReviewWater research2017

Methodological approaches for monitoring opportunistic pathogens in premise plumbing: A review.

Hong Wang, Emilie Bédard, Michèle Prévost, Anne K Camper, Vincent R Hill, Amy Pruden

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Review in Water research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Hong WangState Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China. Electronic address: hongwang@tongji.edu.cn.
Emilie BédardDepartment of Civil Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Michèle PrévostDepartment of Civil Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Anne K CamperCenter for Biofilm Engineering and Department of Civil Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
Vincent R HillWaterborne Disease Prevention Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.
Amy PrudenDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Opportunistic premise (i.e., building) plumbing pathogens (OPPPs, e.g., Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium complex, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acanthamoeba, and Naegleria fowleri) are a significant and growing source of disease. Because OPPPs establish and grow as part of the native drinking water microbiota, they do not correspond to fecal indicators, presenting a major challenge to standard drinking water monitoring practices. Further, different OPPPs present distinct requirements for sampling, preservation, and analysis, creating an impediment to their parallel detection. The aim of this critical review is to evaluate the state of the science of monitoring OPPPs and identify a path forward for their parallel detection and quantification in a manner commensurate with the need for reliable data that is informative to risk assessment and mitigation. Water and biofilm sampling procedures, as well as factors influencing sample representativeness and detection sensitivity, are critically evaluated with respect to the five representative bacterial and amoebal OPPPs noted above. Available culturing and molecular approaches are discussed in terms of their advantages, limitations, and applicability. Knowledge gaps and research needs towards standardized approaches are identified.

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Sanitary EngineeringAmoebaDrinking WaterHumansLegionella pneumophilaPseudomonas aeruginosaWater MicrobiologyWater SupplyDrinking WaterCulturingMolecular methodsOpportunistic pathogensPremise plumbingSampling procedures

Identifiers

PMID28390237
PMCPMC5693313

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