A review of drinking water quality issues in remote and indigenous communities in rich nations with special emphasis on Australia

BMJK Balasooriya, J Rajapakse, C Gallage - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review paper examines the drinking water quality issues in remote and Indigenous
communities, with a specific emphasis on Australia. Access to clean and safe drinking water …

A review and analysis of cryptosporidiosis outbreaks in New Zealand

JC Garcia-R, DTS Hayman - Parasitology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Cryptosporidium is a leading global cause of diarrhoea with many reported outbreaks
related to water and zoonotic transmission. This study summarizes data from Public Health …

First report of novel assemblages and mixed infections of Giardia duodenalis in human isolates from New Zealand

JC Garcia-R, P Ogbuigwe, AB Pita, N Velathanthiri… - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Giardia duodenalis (syn. G. intestinalis and G. lamblia) is a protozoan parasite that cause
disease (giardiasis) in humans and other animals. The pathogen is classified into eight …

Machine learning approach identifies water sample source based on microbial abundance

C Wang, G Mao, K Liao, W Ben, M Qiao, Y Bai, J Qu - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Water quality can change along a river system due to differences in adjacent land use
patterns and discharge sources. These variations can induce rapid responses of the aquatic …

The grey water footprint of milk due to nitrate leaching from dairy farms in Canterbury, New Zealand

MK Joy, DA Rankin, L Wöhler, P Boyce… - Australasian Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Canterbury Region of New Zealand has undergone rapid and significant
land use intensification over the last three decades resulting in a substantial increase of …

Human land use impacts viral diversity and abundance in a New Zealand river

R French, J Charon, CL Lay, C Muller… - Virus …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Although water-borne viruses have important implications for the health of humans and
other animals, little is known about the impact of human land use on viral diversity and …

Aotearoa New Zealand's new Government proposal to remove hard-won protection for waterways will worsen the country's freshwater crisis

M Prickett, MK Joy - Inland Waters, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Like many parts of the world, Aotearoa New Zealand's waterways are under immense
pressure from anthropogenic impacts that will be amplified by the effects of climate change …

[HTML][HTML] A novel, stain-free, natural auto-fluorescent signal, Sig M, identified from cytometric and transcriptomic analysis of infectivity of Cryptosporidium hominis and …

P Ogbuigwe, JM Roberts, MA Knox, A Heiser… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cryptosporidiosis is a worldwide diarrheal disease caused by the protozoan
Cryptosporidium. The primary symptom is diarrhea, but patients may exhibit different …

[HTML][HTML] Health impacts of poor water quality on an endangered shorebird breeding programme in Aotearoa New Zealand

BD Gartrell, S Hunter, R Collen, M Jolly… - New Zealand …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Case history Two clusters of mortality among endangered tūturuatu/tchūriwat'/shore plover
(Thinornis novaeseelandiae) have occurred at captive breeding facilities around New …

Population structure and pathogen interaction of Escherichia coli in freshwater: Implications of land‐use for water quality and public health in Aotearoa New Zealand

AL Cookson, M Devane, JC Marshall… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Freshwater samples (n= 199) were obtained from 41 sites with contrasting land‐
uses (avian, low impact, dairy, urban, sheep and beef, and mixed sheep, beef and dairy) …