Adenovirus-associated health risks for recreational activities in a multi-use coastal watershed based on site-specific quantitative microbial risk assessment

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6309-6325

  Kundu, Arti ^a   McBride, Graham ^b   Wuertz, Stefan ^a,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Human health; Recreational waters; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK PERCEPTION; VIRUSES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ADENOVIRUS; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; HUMAN HEALTH; LOG-LOGISTIC DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT (QMRA); RECREATIONAL WATER;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

COASTAL ZONE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOME; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS; WATERSHED;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 4;

ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN HEALTH; RECREATIONAL WATERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMANS; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84885380242     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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