Michael J. Beach

TL;DR: Waterborne disease surveillance and outbreak detection were recently reclassified to better characterize water system deficiencies and risk factors; data were analyzed for trends in outbreak occurrence, etiologies, and deficiencies during 1971 to 2006.

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: This surveillance system is the primary source of data concerning the scope and effects of waterborne diseases on persons in the United States and reports on outbreaks occurring during January 1999-December 2000 and previously unreported outbreaks occurring in 1995 and 1997.

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: One of these rapid diagnostic tests, the ImmunoCard STAT! lateral-flow immunoassay, was compared with the MERIFLUOR direct fluorescent-antibody (DFA) test, the Pro SpecT EZ microplate assay for Giardia and the ProSpecT microplate assays for Cryptosporidium, and modified Kinyoun's acid-fast stained smears for the detection of Cryptospora.