Over the preceding years and to date, the definitive mode of human infection by
Helicobacter pylori has remained largely unknown and has thus gained the interest of …

Water quality, and therefore human health, may be significantly affected by the presence of
pathogenic enteric microorganisms derived from sewage discharged to surface waters …

Drinking water provides an efficient source for the spread of gastrointestinal microbial
pathogens capable of causing serious human disease. The massive death toll and burden …

Abstract Problem/Condition: Since 1971, CDC, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists have collaborated on the …

ABSTRACT A large waterborne outbreak of infection that occurred during August 2000 in a
local community in France was investigated initially via a rapid survey of visits to local …

The ubiquity of fecal indicator bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. in
urban environments makes tracking of fecal contamination extremely challenging. A …

A review of pathogenic microorganisms presenting risk of infection in pool based artificial
recreational water venues is extracted from the available scientific literature. The …

Stream water into which treated sewage discharged contaminated the public water supply of
a Fife village with a population of about 1100. Of 765 residents and workers who reported …

ABSTRACT A comparative analysis was performed with 25 isolates of astroviruses (AstVs)
detected in sewage sources and 22 concurrently identified clinical AstV isolates from the …

To detect less prevalent viruses, such as wild-type polioviruses in sewage from a highly
immunized community, a method was developed to efficiently recover viruses and remove …