Kristen P. Brenner

TL;DR: Cell densities of the fecal pollution indicator genus, Enterococcus, were determined by a rapid quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) analysis method in 100 ml water samples collected from recreational beaches on Lake Michigan and Lake Erie during the summer of 2003.

TL;DR: This is the first study to show that water quality measured by rapid methods can predict swimming-associated health effects, and Enterococcus samples collected at 0800 hr were predictive of GI illness that day.

TL;DR: Measurement of the indicator bacteria Enterococci in recreational water using a rapid QPCR method predicted swimming-associated GI illness at freshwater beaches polluted by sewage discharge and children at 10 years or younger were at greater risk for GI illness following exposure.

TL;DR: This study provides the first evidence of a relationship between gastrointestinal illness and estimates of fecal indicator organisms determined by qPCR at marine beaches.

TL;DR: This article corrects the article on p. 3534 in vol.