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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"waterborne disease"”.
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A Machine-Learning Based Approach to Predicting Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Caused by Hurricanes
… hurricanes and winter storms worldwide. Waterborne diseases, resulting from flood-related impacts, affect public health and are of major concern for society. Previous research studies have highlighted a statistically significant linear correlation between waterborne diseases and climate …
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WATER QUALITY AND WATERBORNE DISEASE ALONG THE NIGER RIVER, MALI: A STUDY OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSE
… knowledge of and response to water quality and waterborne diseases in relation to seasonal changes in the Niger River Inland Delta. The study draws on field data collected in four villages along the Niger River in the Mopti district of Mali during September 2008. The major findings suggest: (1) …
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WATER QUALITY AND WATERBORNE DISEASE ALONG THE NIGER RIVER, MALI: A STUDY OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSE
… knowledge of and response to water quality and waterborne diseases in relation to seasonal changes in the Niger River Inland Delta. The study draws on field data collected in four villages along the Niger River in the Mopti district of Mali during September 2008. The major findings suggest: (1) …
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Quantification of multiple waterborne pathogens in drinking water, drainage channels, and surface waters in Kampala, Uganda over seven months of seasonal variation
… seasonal variations in water quality, waterborne disease transmission, and future implications for climate change and public health. In this study, microfluidic quantitative PCR (MFQPCR) was used to assess the presence of human enteric pathogens in protected springs, a public tap, …
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Sustainability of Residential Hot Water Infrastructure: Public Health, Environmental Impacts, and Consumer Drivers
… water heating is linked to the primary source of waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States, and accounts for greater energy demand than the combined water/wastewater utility sector. To date, there has been little research that can guide decision-making with regards to water heater …
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Water quality monitoring in the Eastern Cape : a case study of the Chris Hani District Municipality
… in order to prevent incidences of outbreaks of waterborne diseases. Increases in the global population have placed increasing pressure on water resources. This in turn has resulted in high occurrences of waterborne disease outbreaks (Ford and Colwell, 1996). As a result, there is a need for …
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Local capacity to implement a source water protection plan in the South Saskatchewan River watershed
Following a number of waterborne disease outbreaks in Canada, the water resource management literature draws attention to source water protection (SWP). Source water protection is a drinking water management approach that attempts to improve drinking water quality by preventing contamination of …
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The Challenges and Opportunities in Monitoring and Modeling Waterborne Pathogens in Water- and Resource-Restricted Africa: Highlighting the critical need for multidisciplinary research and tool advancement
… can facilitate shared exposure to a community of waterborne pathogens. Despite remarkable global progress in sanitation and hygiene development in the past two decades, infectious diarrhea remains a prominent public health threat in sub-Saharan Africa. This thesis identifies and discusses …
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Norovirus in Recreational Waters in Arizona
… To better understand the role of viruses in waterborne recreational disease outbreaks, a review of the literature was conducted and an analysis of 48 recreational waterborne disease outbreaks was done.
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A multi-disciplinary approach to tracking the downstream impacts of inadequate sanitation in Central Appalachia
… in local waterbodies and subsequent exposure to waterborne disease can occur. Although standard water quality measures such as quantification of E. coli can reveal relative concentrations of fecal contamination, they do not pinpoint the sources of such contamination. Source assessment in rural …
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Knowledge, Attitudes, And Practices Regarding Waterborne Diseases And Water Purification Among A Selected Rural Community in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Waterborne infections pose a significant global public health threat, contributing to ap-proximately 4 billion diarrhoea cases and 1.8 million deaths annually. In South Africa, recent cholera outbreaks have highlighted the need for improved community awareness and preparedness regarding waterborne …
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The capacity of Montreal Lake, SK to provide safe drinking water
Recent waterborne disease outbreaks in Canada have brought national awareness to drinking water safety. In particular, the long history of poor water quality plaguing First Nations communities has received substantial public attention. Despite several initiatives from the federal government and …
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Climate Change and Health in Ireland: A national vulnerability assessment
… Changes in the incidence of food-borne disease were estimated, and increases in the future incidence of salmonella, Campylobacter and E Coli 0157 were quantified. In areas where increased rainfall and flooding occur, the incidence of waterborne disease may increase, particularly in areas …
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Holistic Building Technology Selection for Sustainability: A Market Analysis and Multi-Attribute Decision Making Approach for Residential Water Heaters in U.S.
… They have also been implicated as the source of waterborne disease outbreaks. With such high stakes, it is recommended that a Decision Support Tool (DST) be used prior to selection of a water heater for new construction or replacement. Although there are numerous tools available, it is …
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Evaluation of the safe water system in Jolivert Haiti by bacteriological testing and public health survey
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Safe Water System (SWS) is intended for use in developing countries and comprises three key elements: locally produced hypochlorite solution, safe storage of drinking water in the household, and community education about safe drinking water. In …
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Mining the gap : pathways towards an integrated water, sanitation and health framework for outbreak control in rural India
… water quality, and health is felt during waterborne disease outbreaks such as large-scale diarrhea, typhoid or cholera. Despite the general interest shown for a cross-sector integrated framework in outbreak control, numerous administrative and technical gaps exist preventing the …
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Fecal Matters: Fate and transport of traditional fecal indicator bacteria and source-tracking targets in septic drainfields
… 2010 almost one-third of drinking water related waterborne disease outbreaks reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were associated with systems dependent on untreated groundwater (i.e., most commonly, household wells). This is unsurprising, given that numerous past efforts …
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Investigating Private Drinking Water Quality and Biomarkers of Associated Health Outcomes in Southwest Virginia
… drinking water and associated biomarkers of disease. This relative lack of data is particularly acute in Central Appalachia, a region defined by high poverty, aging public infrastructure, and high rates of private water supply. This study aims to measure the prevalence of health outcomes …
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The Effects of Water Storage and Meteorological Conditions on Enteric Infections from a Matched-Control Trial in Beira, Mozambique
… the potential to reduce the burden of enteric diseases, including diarrhea, in rapidly growing urban centers. However, water intermittency and water storage practices, as well as impacts of meteorological conditions, may interfere with the progress made by drinking water interventions. Results …
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A nested environmental approach to typhoid epidemiology in Central Division, Fiji
Many current disease threats involve interactions within and between nested subsystems of biological organisation. Typhoid fever is a serious disease threat in the South Pacific region, with Fiji reporting the highest annual number of cases, yet risk factors in this setting have been poorly …
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