Molecular detection of pathogens in water–the pros and cons of molecular techniques

R Girones, MA Ferrús, JL Alonso… - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
Pollution of water by sewage and run-off from farms produces a serious public health
problem in many countries. Viruses, along with bacteria and protozoa in the intestine or in …

Legionella occurrence in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants and risks of reclaimed wastewater reuse

C Caicedo, KH Rosenwinkel, M Exner, W Verstraete… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been identified as confirmed but until today
underestimated sources of Legionella, playing an important role in local and community …

Risk-Based Critical Concentrations of Legionella pneumophila for Indoor Residential Water Uses

KA Hamilton, MT Hamilton, W Johnson… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Legionella spp. is a key contributor to the United States waterborne disease burden. Despite
potentially widespread exposure, human disease is relatively uncommon, except under …

Methodological approaches for monitoring opportunistic pathogens in premise plumbing: A review

H Wang, E Bédard, M Prévost, AK Camper, VR Hill… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Opportunistic premise (ie, building) plumbing pathogens (OPPPs, eg, Legionella
pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium complex, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acanthamoeba …

Legionella detection by culture and qPCR: Comparing apples and oranges

H Whiley, M Taylor - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Legionella spp. are the causative agent of Legionnaire's disease and an opportunistic
pathogen of significant public health concern. Identification and quantification from …

Biosensors/molecular tools for detection of waterborne pathogens

KR Srivastava, S Awasthi, PK Mishra… - Waterborne …, 2020 - Elsevier
Clean and safe drinking water is basic requirement of human population and the fact that
consumption of contaminated drinking water leads to a number of life threatening diseases …

Specific Real-Time PCR for Simultaneous Detection and Identification of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in Water and Clinical Samples

N Mérault, C Rusniok, S Jarraud… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Legionella pneumophila, a bacterium that replicates within aquatic amoebae and persists in
the environment as a free-living microbe, is the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease …

Widespread Molecular Detection of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in Cold Water Taps across the United States

MJ Donohue, K O'connell, SJ Vesper… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
In the United States, 6,868 cases of legionellosis were reported to the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention in 2009–2010. Of these reports, it is estimated that 84% are caused …

Critical review of mathematical approaches for quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) of Legionella in engineered water systems: research gaps and a new …

KA Hamilton, CN Haas - Environmental Science: Water Research & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Legionella has been identified as the responsible agent for two-thirds of waterborne disease
outbreaks in the United States from 2011–2012. The prevention of Legionella in engineered …

Detection of viable but non-culturable legionella in hospital water network following monochloramine disinfection

B Casini, A Baggiani, M Totaro, A Mansi… - Journal of Hospital …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Prevention of legionellosis remains a critical issue in healthcare settings where
monochloramine (MC) disinfection was recently introduced as an alternative to chlorine …