Seasonality of water quality and diarrheal disease counts in urban and rural settings in south India.

ABSTRACT: The study examined relationships among meteorological parameters, water quality and diarrheal disease counts in two urban and three rural sites in Tamil Nadu, India. Disease surveillance was conducted between August 2010 and March 2012; concurrently water samples from street-level taps in piped distribution systems and from household storage containers were tested for pH, nitrate, total dissolved solids, and total and fecal coliforms. Methodological advances in data collection (concurrent prospective disease surveillance and environmental monitoring) and analysis (preserving temporality within the data through time series analysis) were used to quantify independent effects of meteorological conditions and water quality on diarrheal risk. The utility of a local calendar in communicating sea

SUBMITTER: Kulinkina AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4751522 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature