Evaluating health risks associated with exposure to ambient surface waters during recreational activities: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Recreational water quality guidelines protect the public from health risks associated with water recreation by helping to prevent unacceptable concentrations of pathogenic organisms in ambient water. However, illness risk is associated with both the concentration of pathogens in the water and the degree of contact with those pathogens. Different recreational activities can result in different levels of contact with ambient water containing water-borne pathogens. We conducted a systematic literature review and meta-analysis to evaluate risks of illness associated with different recreational activities and different levels of contact to ambient surface waters. We screened 8,618 potentially relevant studies for quantitative measures of risk using inclusion/exclusion criteria established in ad

SUBMITTER: Russo GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10287035 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature