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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
卷 149, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268821002120
关键词
Epidemiology; food safety; food-borne zoonoses; meta-analysis; systematic review
资金
- Public Health Agency of Canada [2021-HQ-000017]
This study found that turbidity is an important mediator for the indirect effect of environmental variables on E. coli concentration, while rainfall and streamflow have a positive indirect effect on E. coli via turbidity. In addition, streamflow acts as a mediator for the indirect effect of previous day air temperature.
Escherichia coli concentration levels in recreational water are used by beach managers to evaluate the risk of gastrointestinal illness among beachgoers. We examined the relationship between specific environmental factors and E. coli concentration in recreational beaches in the Niagara Region. We analysed E. coli geometric means collected from eight beaches from two of the Great Lakes in the Niagara Region in Ontario, between 2011 and 2019. We applied path analysis to evaluate the relationship between the environmental factors and E. coli concentrations, including whether effects were direct or indirect via a mediator. Turbidity was found to be an important mediator for the indirect effect of environmental variables overall and in beach-specific models. Rainfall and streamflow had a positive indirect effect on E. coli via turbidity and a direct effect in five out of seven beach models. Streamflow was also a mediator for the indirect effect of previous day air temperature in five out of seven models. In three subset models, outfall E. coli concentration was a mediator for the effect of the environmental factors. Using a novel methodological approach, this study identifies important relationships and pathways that predict beach E. coli concentration in freshwater beaches located on two of the Great Lakes.
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