ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2020
Microbial Indicators of Fecal Pollution: Recent Progress and Challenges in Assessing Water Quality.
Review in Current environmental health reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Effects of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions on detection of enteropathogens and host-specific faecal markers in the environment: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2023Pooled it
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- Integrating environmental and health data: insights and lessons from Australia's water monitoring systems.Journal of water and health · 2025Review
- A Practical Framework for Environmental Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring in Freshwater Ecosystems.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Sentinel-2 enabled E. coli and Enterococcus faecal bacteria surveillance in coastal-recreational waters.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Associations between Fecal Contamination of the Household Environment and Enteric Pathogen Detection in Children Living in Maputo, Mozambique.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewFecal contamination of water is a major public health concern. This review summarizes recent developments and advancements in water quality indicators of fecal contamination. RECENT
findingsThis review highlights a number of trends. First, fecal indicators continue to be a valuable tool to assess water quality and have expanded to include indicators able to detect sources of fecal contamination in water. Second, molecular methods, particularly PCR-based methods, have advanced considerably in their selected targets and rigor, but have added complexity that may prohibit adoption for routine monitoring activities at this time. Third, risk modeling is beginning to better connect indicators and human health risks, with the accuracy of assessments currently tied to the timing and conditions where risk is measured. Research has advanced although challenges remain for the effective use of both traditional and alternative fecal indicators for risk characterization, source attribution and apportionment, and impact evaluation.
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