A time series study of gastroenteritis and tap water quality in the Nantes area, France, 2002-2007

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 192-199

  Beaudeau, Pascal ^a   Zeghnoun, Abdelkrim ^a   Corso, Magali ^a   Lefranc, Agnès ^a   Rambaud, Loïc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

drinking water; France; gastroenteritis; river; time series study; turbidity

Indexed keywords

FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER QUALITY;

FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84896734792     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.5     Document Type: Review

References (40)

1. Zmirou D, Ferley JP, Collin JF, Charrel M, Berlin J. A follow-up study of gastro-intestinal diseases related to bacteriologically substandard drinking water. Am J Public Health 1987; 77: 582-584.
2. Payment P, Richardson L, Siemiatycki J, Dewar R, Edwardes M, Franco E. A randomized trial to evaluate the risk of gastrointestinal disease due to consumption of drinking water meeting current microbiological standards. Am J Public Health 1991; 81: 703-708.
3. Sinclair MI, Fairley CK. Drinking water and endemic gastrointestinal illness. J Epidemiol Community Health 2000; 54: 728.
4. McConnell S, Horrocks M, Sinclair MI, Fairley CK. Changes in the incidence of gastroenteritis and the implementation of public water treatment. Int J Environ Health Res 2001; 11: 299-303.
5. Hellard ME, Sinclair MI, Forbes AB, Fairley CK. A randomized, blinded, controlled trial investigating the gastrointestinal health effects of drinking water quality. Environ Health Perspect 2001; 109: 773-778.
6. Colford Jr. JM, Wade TJ, Sandhu SK, Wright CC, Lee S, Shaw S et al. A randomized, controlled trial of in-home drinking water intervention to reduce gastrointestinal illness. Am J Epidemiol 2005; 161: 472-482.
7. Tuppin P, de RL, Weill A, Ricordeau P, Merliere Y. French national health insurance information system and the permanent beneficiaries sample. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2010; 58: 286-290.
8. Bounoure F, Beaudeau P, Mouly D, Skiba M, Lahiani-Skiba M. Syndromic surveillance of acute gastroenteritis based on drug consumption. Epidemiol Infect 2010; 139: 1388-1395.
9. Van Cauteren D, de Valk H, Vaux S, Le Strat Y, Vaillant V. Burden of acute gastroenteritis and healthcare-seeking behaviour in France: a population-based study. Epidemiol Infect 2004; 140: 697-705.
10. Beaudeau P, Bounoure F. [Epidemiological valuation of indices of gastroenteritis based upon French Health Insurance data]. Environnement Risques Santé 2006; 5: 1-10.
11. Beaudeau P, Bounoure F, Genet M. [A method for assessing acute gastro-enteritis incidence from French health insurance databases]. Pratiques et Organisation des Soins 2006; 37: 313-323.
12. Chin J. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual17th edn (American Public Health Association: Washington DC, 2000.
13. Wood SN. Generalized Additive Models: An Introduction with R. Taylor and Francis Group LLC: Boca Raton, FL, 2006.
14. Peng RD, Dominici F, Louis TA. Model choice in time series studies of air pollution and mortality. J R Statist Soc A 2006; 169(Part 2): 179-203.
15. Touloumi G, Samoli E, Pipikou M, Le TA, Atkinson R, Katsouyanni K. Seasonal confounding in air pollution and health time-series studies: effect on air pollution effect estimates. Stat Med 2006; 25: 4164-4178.
16. Schwartz J, Levin R, Hodge K. Drinking water turbidity and pediatric hospital use for gastrointestinal illness in Philadelphia. Epidemiology 1997; 8: 615-620.
17. Schwartz J, Levin R, Goldstein R. Drinking water turbidity and gastrointestinal illness in the elderly of Philadelphia. J Epidemiol Commun Health 2000; 54: 45-51.
18. Tinker SC, Moe CL, Klein M, Flanders WD, Uber J, Amirtharajah A et al. Drinking water residence time in distribution networks and emergency department visits for gastrointestinal illness in Metro Atlanta, Georgia. J Water Health 2009; 7: 332-343.
19. National Center for Environmental Assessment. Exposure Factors Handbook (Final Report). US Environmental Protection Agency: Washington DC, 1997, EPA/600/P-95/002F a-c.
20. Beaudeau P, Zeghnoun A, Ledrans M, Volatier JL. Tap-water consumption in France: Results drawn from the INCA1 diet survey. Environnement Risques Santé 2003; 2: 147-158.
21. LeChevallier MW, Au K. Water Treatment and Pathogen Control: Process Efficiency in Achieving Safe Drinking-water. World Health Organization and International Water Association: London, 2004.
22. Gregory MB, Frick EA. Fecal-coliform bacteria concentrations in streams of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, May-October 1994 and 1995. USGS Investigations Report 00-4139US Geological Survey: Atlanta, 2000, p 8.
23. Philadelphia water department. Belmont and Queen Lane treatment plants (PWSID#1510001) source water assessment report. Philadelphia Water Department: Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
24. Assavasilavasukul P, Lau BL, Harrington GW, Hoffman RM, Borchardt MA. Effect of pathogen concentrations on removal of Cryptosporidium and Giardia by conventional drinking water treatment. Water Res 2008; 42: 2678-2690.
25. Kistemann T, Classen T, Koch C, Dangendorf F, Fischeder R, Gebel J et al. Microbial load of drinking water reservoir tributaries during extreme rainfall and runoff. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68: 2188-2197.
26. Medema GJ, Schets FM, Teunis PF, Havelaar AH. Sedimentation of free and attached Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in water. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64: 4460-4466.
27. Dussart-Baptista L, Massei N, Dupont JP, Jouenne T. Transfer of bacteria-contaminated particles in a karst aquifer: evolution of contaminated materials from a sinkhole to a spring. J Hydrol 2003; 284: 285-295.
28. Jamieson R, Joy DM, Lee H, Kostaschuk R, Gordon R. Transport and deposition of sediment-Associated Escherichia coli in natural streams. Water Res 2005a; 39: 2665-2675.
29. Jamieson RC, Joy DM, Lee H, Kostaschuk R, Gordon RJ. Resuspension of sediment-Associated Escherichia coli in a natural stream. J Environ Qual 2005b; 34: 581-589.
30. Servais P, Garcia-Armisen T. Partitioning and fate of particle-Associated E. coli in river waters. Water Environ Res 2009; 81: 21-28.
31. Thomas O, Burgess C. UV-visible spectrophotometry of water and wastewater. Elsevier: AmsterdamNL, 2007.
32. Sung W. Technical note: using UV-vis spectrophotometry to estimate nitrite plus nitrate and monochloramine. Am Water Works Assoc 2011; 103: 97-103.
33. Wingender J, Flemming HC. Biofilms in drinking water and their role as reservoir for pathogens. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2011; 214: 417-423.
34. Wolyniak EA, Hargreaves BR, Jellison KL. Seasonal retention and release of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts by environmental biofilms in the laboratory. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76: 1021-1027.
35. Lambertini E, Spencer SK, Kieke Jr. BA, Loge FJ, Borchardt MA. Virus contamination from operation and maintenance events in small drinking water distribution systems. J Water Health 2011; 9: 799-812.
36. Nygard K, Wahl E, Krogh T, Tveit OA, Bohleng E, Tverdal A et al. Breaks and maintenance work in the water distribution systems and gastrointestinal illness: a cohort study. Int J Epidemiol 2007; 36: 873-880.
37. LeChevallier MW, Gullick RW, Karim MR, Friedman M, Funk JE. The potential for health risks from intrusion of contaminants into the distribution system from pressure transients. J Water Health 2003; 1: 3-14.
38. Hunter PR, Chalmers RM, Hughes S, Syed Q. Self-reported diarrhea in a control group: a strong association with reporting of low-pressure events in tap water. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 40: e32-e34.
39. Beaudeau P, Valdes D, Mouly D, Stempfelet M, Seux R. Natural and technical factors in faecal contamination incidents of drinking water in small distribution networks, France, 2003-2004: a geographical study. J Water Health 2010; 8: 20-34.
40. Hunter PR, De Sylor MA, Risebro HL, Nichols GL, Kay D, Hartemann P. Quantitative microbial risk assessment of Cryptosporidiosis and Giardiasis from very small private water supplies. Risk Anal 2010; 31: 228-236.