We conducted a supplemental water quality monitoring study and quantitative microbial risk
assessment (QMRA) to complement the United States environmental protection agency's …

Population growth and changing climate are expected to increase human exposure to
pathogens in tropical coastal waters. We examined microbiological water quality in three …

This manuscript evaluates the US Recreational Water Quality Criteria (RWQC) of 2012,
based upon discussions during a conference held 11–13 March 2013, in Honolulu, Hawaii …

Background: Studies of health risks associated with recreational water exposure require
investigators to make choices about water quality indicator averaging techniques, exposure …

Gastrointestinal (GI) illness risks associated with exposure to waters impacted by human
and nonhuman fecal sources were estimated using quantitative microbial risk assessment …

Epidemiology studies of recreational waters have demonstrated that swimmers exposed to
faecally-contaminated recreational waters are at risk of excess gastrointestinal illness …

For many coastal regions around the world, recreational beach water quality is assessed
using fecal indicator bacteria (FIB). However, the utility of FIB as indicators of recreational …

Introduction Advances in molecular methods provide new opportunities for directly
measuring pathogens or host-associated markers of fecal pollution instead of relying on …

Southern California is an increasingly urbanized hotspot for surfing, thus it is of great interest
to assess the human illness risks associated with this popular ocean recreational water sport …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of HF183 Bacteroides for
estimating pathogen exposures during recreational water activities. We compared the use of …