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ArticleFrontiers in public health2019

Visitors to a Tropical Marine Beach Show Evidence of Immunoconversions to Multiple Waterborne Pathogens.

Kaneatra J Simmons, Tarsha N Eason, Clarissa L Curioso, Shannon M Griffin, Malini K D Ramudit, Kevin H Oshima, Elizabeth A Sams, Timothy J Wade, Ann Grimm, Alfred Dufour and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Molecular Diagnostic Tools Applied for Assessing Microbial Water Quality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  4. Rapid Salivary IgG Antibody Screening for Hepatitis A.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kaneatra J SimmonsDepartment of Arts & Sciences/Learning Support, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA, United States.
Tarsha N EasonNational Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Clarissa L CuriosoOak Ridge Institute for Science Education, Oak Ridge, TN, United States.
Shannon M GriffinNational Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Malini K D RamuditOak Ridge Institute for Science Education, Oak Ridge, TN, United States.
Kevin H OshimaNational Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Elizabeth A SamsNational Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
Timothy J WadeNational Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States.
Ann GrimmNational Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Alfred DufourNational Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Swinburne A J AugustineNational Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Environmental Protection Agency · USOak Ridge Associated Universities · USResearch Triangle Park Foundation · USFort Valley State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Determining infections from environmental exposures, particularly from waterborne pathogens is a challenging proposition. The study design must be rigorous and account for numerous factors including study population selection, sample collection, storage, and processing, as well as data processing and analysis. These challenges are magnified when it is suspected that individuals may potentially be infected by multiple pathogens at the same time. Previous work demonstrated the effectiveness of a salivary antibody multiplex immunoassay in detecting the prevalence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to multiple waterborne pathogens and helped identify asymptomatic norovirus infections in visitors to Boquerón Beach, Puerto Rico. In this study, we applied the immunoassay to three serially collected samples from study participants within the same population to assess immunoconversions (incident infections) to six waterborne pathogens:

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antibody responseBoquerón Beachexposureimmunoconversionsincident infectionsLuminexmultiplex immunoassaysalivary antibodies

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PMID31482082
PMCPMC6709658
OpenAlexW2965917355

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