Epidemiology and Ecology of Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens: Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

JO Falkinham III, ED Hilborn, MJ Arduino… - Environmental …, 2015 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium, and Pseudomonas
aeruginosa are opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs) that persist and grow in …

Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens: increasingly important pathogens in drinking water

JO Falkinham III, A Pruden, M Edwards - Pathogens, 2015 - mdpi.com
Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens are responsible for a significant number of
infections whose origin has been traced to drinking water. These opportunistic pathogens …

[HTML][HTML] Nationwide reconnaissance of contaminants of emerging concern in source and treated drinking waters of the United States

ST Glassmeyer, ET Furlong, DW Kolpin, AL Batt… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
When chemical or microbial contaminants are assessed for potential effect or possible
regulation in ambient and drinking waters, a critical first step is determining if the …

[HTML][HTML] Ten questions concerning the aerosolization and transmission of Legionella in the built environment

AJ Prussin II, DO Schwake, LC Marr - Building and environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Legionella is a genus of pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria responsible for a serious
disease known as legionellosis, which is transmitted via inhalation of this pathogen in …

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 …

Microbial ecology of drinking water from source to tap

L Abkar, HS Moghaddam, SJ Fowler - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
As drinking water travels from its source, through various treatment processes, hundreds to
thousands of kilometres of distribution network pipes, to the taps in private homes and public …

The presence of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens in residential buildings: a literature review

C Hayward, KE Ross, MH Brown, R Bentham, H Whiley - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPP) are microorganisms that are native to
the plumbing environment and that present an emerging infectious disease problem. They …

Legionella DNA Markers in Tap Water Coincident with a Spike in Legionnaires' Disease in Flint, MI

DO Schwake, E Garner, OR Strom… - … & Technology Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Two clusters of Legionnaires' disease occurred in Flint, MI, subsequent to switching to a
corrosive potable water source from April 2014 to October 2015. We hypothesized that the …

Common features of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens

JO Falkinham III - International journal of environmental research and …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Recently it has been estimated that the annual cost of diseases caused by the waterborne
pathogens Legionella pneumonia, Mycobacterium avium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa is …