In the more than 15 years since its introduction, quantitative microbial risk assessment
(QMRA) has become a widely used technique for assessing population health risk posed by …

Disability adjusted life year (DALY) has been widely used since 1990s for evaluating global
and/or regional burden of diseases. As many environmental pollutants are hazardous to …

In industrial countries, we take safe drinking water for granted. Due to an increase in world
population, the microbiological safety of drinking water is becoming a worldwide concern …

Background Cryptosporidium spp are important intestinal protozoan parasites that cause
diarrhea in humans, domestic and wild animals. Its infection remains a main public health …

Abstract Purpose of Review Rapid economic growth and its huge population are putting
tremendous pressure on water sustainability in China. Ensuring clean drinking water is a …

Cryptosporidium species are protozoan parasites that infect the epithelial cells of the
gastrointestinal tract of vertebrates. In humans, cryptosporidiosis is usually a self-limiting …

Sewage treatment plants (STPs) are one of the sources of pathogens discharged into
surface water. An investigation was carried out over the duration of 12 months in Henan …

Fecal coliform (FC) indicators are commonly used to evaluate microbial or fecal
contamination in surface water. As an important tributary of the Yangtze River in China, the …

To determine the priority hazard in drinking water, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)
method was used to evaluate the disease burden induced by trihalomethanes (THMs) and …

The Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) is the biggest lake in the world and a major water source
in China. There is no information about occurrence and impact of Cryptosporidium and …