Estimating Waterborne Infectious Disease Burden by Exposure Route, United States, 2014

Gerdes, Megan E.; Miko, Shanna; Kunz, Jasen M.; Hannapel, Elizabeth J.; Hlavsa, Michele C.; Hughes, Michael J.; Stuckey, Matthew J.; Francois Watkins, Louise K.; Cope, Jennifer R.; Yoder, Jonathan S.; Hill, Vincent R.; Collier, Sarah A.

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Estimating Waterborne Infectious Disease Burden by Exposure Route, United States, 2014

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7 2023
By Gerdes, Megan E. ; Miko, Shanna ; Kunz, Jasen M. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Gerdes, Megan E. ; Miko, Shanna ; Kunz, Jasen M. ; Hannapel, Elizabeth J. ; Hlavsa, Michele C. ; Hughes, Michael J. ; Stuckey, Matthew J. ; Francois Watkins, Louise K. ; Cope, Jennifer R. ; Yoder, Jonathan S. ; Hill, Vincent R. ; Collier, Sarah A.
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More than 7.15 million cases of domestically acquired infectious waterborne illnesses occurred in the United States in 2014, causing 120,000 hospitalizations and 6,600 deaths. We estimated disease incidence for 17 pathogens according to recreational, drinking, and nonrecreational nondrinking (NRND) water exposure routes by using previously published estimates. In 2014, a total of 5.61 million (95% credible interval [CrI] 2.97-9.00 million) illnesses were linked to recreational water, 1.13 million (95% CrI 255,000-3.54 million) to drinking water, and 407,000 (95% CrI 72,800-1.29 million) to NRND water. Recreational water exposure was responsible for 36%, drinking water for 40%, and NRND water for 24% of hospitalizations from waterborne illnesses. Most direct costs were associated with pathogens found in biofilms. Estimating disease burden by water exposure route helps direct prevention activities. For each exposure route, water management programs are needed to control biofilm-associated pathogen growth; public health programs are needed to prevent biofilm-associated diseases.
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Communicable Diseases Drinking Water Humans Waterborne Diseases Water Microbiology Water Supply
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(7):1357-1366
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37347505
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PMC10310388
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Journal Article
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Dispatch
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United States
Volume:

29
Issue:

7
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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