Using rapid indicators for Enterococcus to assess the risk of illness after exposure to urban runoff contaminated marine water

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2176-2186

  Colford, John M ^a   Schiff, Kenneth C ^b   Griffith, John F ^b   Yau, Vince ^a,g   Arnold, Benjamin F ^a   Wright, Catherine C ^a   Gruber, Joshua S ^a   Wade, Timothy J ^c   Burns, Susan ^a   Hayes, Jacqueline ^a   McGee, Charles ^d   Gold, Mark ^e   Cao, Yiping ^b   Noble, Rachel T ^f   Haugland, Richard ^c   Weisberg, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

^e Heal the Bay   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^g DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Gastrointestinal illness; Indicator organisms; QPCR; Recreational water quality

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; MARINE POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

CONDITION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; QPCR; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY; URBAN RUNOFF;

BEACHES;

RUNOFF; SEA WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH RISK; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RUNOFF; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEA; SWIMMING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER IMMERSION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; DOHENY BEACH; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84858077262     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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