Integrating bacterial and viral water quality assessment to predict swimming-associated illness at a freshwater beach: a cohort study.

Integrating bacterial and viral water quality assessment to predict swimming-associated illness at a freshwater beach: a cohort study.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Recreational waters impacted by fecal contamination have been linked to gastrointestinal illness in swimmer populations. To date, few epidemiologic studies examine the risk for swimming-related illnesses based upon simultaneous exposure to more than one microbial surrogat...

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Main Authors: Jason W Marion, Cheonghoon Lee, Chang Soo Lee, Qiuhong Wang, Stanley Lemeshow, Timothy J Buckley, Linda J Saif, Jiyoung Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4237328?pdf=render

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