Transport and fate of microbial pathogens in agricultural settings

SA Bradford, VL Morales, W Zhang… - Critical reviews in …, 2013‏ - Taylor & Francis
An understanding of the transport and survival of microbial pathogens (pathogens hereafter)
in agricultural settings is needed to assess the risk of pathogen contamination to water and …

Modeling fate and transport of fecally-derived microorganisms at the watershed scale: State of the science and future opportunities

KH Cho, YA Pachepsky, DM Oliver, RW Muirhead… - Water research, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Natural waters serve as habitat for a wide range of microorganisms, a proportion of which
may be derived from fecal material. A number of watershed models have been developed to …

Relationships among hygiene indicators and enteric pathogens in irrigation water, soil and lettuce and the impact of climatic conditions on contamination in the lettuce …

K Holvoet, I Sampers, M Seynnaeve… - International journal of …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Eight Belgian lettuce farms located in the West Flanders were sampled to establish the
relationships between levels of indicator bacteria, detection of enteric zoonotic pathogens …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of compost age on the release of nutrients

BB Al-Bataina, TM Young, E Ranieri - International Soil and Water …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Composted organic materials are applied to help restore disturbed soils, speed
revegetation, and control erosion; these changes are generally beneficial for stormwater …

Landscape, water quality, and weather factors associated with an increased likelihood of foodborne pathogen contamination of New York streams used to source …

D Weller, A Belias, H Green, S Roof… - Frontiers in sustainable …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
There is a need for science-based tools to (i) help manage microbial produce safety hazards
associated with preharvest surface water use, and (ii) facilitate comanagement of …

Quantification of pathogenic Leptospira in the soils of a Brazilian urban slum

AG Schneider, A Casanovas-Massana… - PLoS neglected …, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic disease that causes considerable
morbidity and mortality globally, primarily in residents of urban slums. While contact with …

Impact of seasonal variation on Escherichia coli concentrations in the riverbed sediments in the Apies River, South Africa

ALK Abia, E Ubomba-Jaswa, MNB Momba - Science of the Total …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Many South Africans living in resource-poor settings with little or no access to pipe-
borne water still rely on rivers as alternative water sources for drinking and other purposes …

Aquatic bacterial communities associated with land use and environmental factors in agricultural landscapes using a metabarcoding approach

W Chen, G Wilkes, IUH Khan, KDM Pintar… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
This study applied a 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding approach to characterize bacterial
community compositional and functional attributes for surface water samples collected …

Estimated human health risks from recreational exposures to stormwater runoff containing animal faecal material

J Soller, T Bartrand, J Ravenscroft, M Molina… - … modelling & software, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Scientific evidence supporting recreational water quality benchmarks primarily stems from
epidemiological studies conducted at beaches impacted by human fecal sources …

Meteorological effects on the levels of fecal indicator bacteria in an urban stream: a modeling approach

KH Cho, SM Cha, JH Kang, SW Lee, Y Park, JW Kim… - Water research, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Gwangju Creek (GJC) in Korea, which drains a highly urbanized watershed, has suffered
from substantial fecal contamination, thereby limiting the beneficial use of the water in …