The coastal environment and human health: microbial indicators, pathogens, sentinels and reservoirs
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Stewart, Jill R, et al. The Coastal Environment and Human Health: Microbial Indicators, Pathogens, Sentinels and Reservoirs. BioMed Central Ltd, 2008. https://doi.org/10.17615/zp8s-6059APA
Stewart, J., Gast, R., Fujioka, R., Solo Gabriele, H., Meschke, J., Amaral Zettler, L., Del Castillo, E., Polz, M., Collier, T., Strom, M., Sinigalliano, C., Moeller, P., & Holland, A. (2008). The coastal environment and human health: microbial indicators, pathogens, sentinels and reservoirs. BioMed Central Ltd. https://doi.org/10.17615/zp8s-6059Chicago
Stewart, Jill R, Rebecca J Gast, Roger S Fujioka, Helena M Solo Gabriele, J Scott Meschke, Linda A Amaral Zettler, Erika Del Castillo et al. 2008. The Coastal Environment and Human Health: Microbial Indicators, Pathogens, Sentinels and Reservoirs. BioMed Central Ltd. https://doi.org/10.17615/zp8s-6059- Creator
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Stewart, Jill R
- Other Affiliation: Hollings Marine Laboratory, NOAA National Ocean Service
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Gast, Rebecca J
- Other Affiliation: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health
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Fujioka, Roger S
- Other Affiliation: Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii
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Solo-Gabriele, Helena M
- Other Affiliation: Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami
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Meschke, J Scott
- Other Affiliation: Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
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Amaral-Zettler, Linda A
- Other Affiliation: The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health
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del Castillo, Erika
- Other Affiliation: The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health
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Polz, Martin F
- Other Affiliation: Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health
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Collier, Tracy K
- Other Affiliation: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
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Strom, Mark S
- Other Affiliation: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
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Sinigalliano, Christopher D
- Other Affiliation: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
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Moeller, Peter DR
- Other Affiliation: Hollings Marine Laboratory, NOAA National Ocean Service
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Holland, A Fredrick
- Other Affiliation: Hollings Marine Laboratory, NOAA National Ocean Service
- Abstract
- Innovative research relating oceans and human health is advancing our understanding of disease-causing organisms in coastal ecosystems. Novel techniques are elucidating the loading, transport and fate of pathogens in coastal ecosystems, and identifying sources of contamination. This research is facilitating improved risk assessments for seafood consumers and those who use the oceans for recreation. A number of challenges still remain and define future directions of research and public policy. Sample processing and molecular detection techniques need to be advanced to allow rapid and specific identification of microbes of public health concern from complex environmental samples. Water quality standards need to be updated to more accurately reflect health risks and to provide managers with improved tools for decision-making. Greater discrimination of virulent versus harmless microbes is needed to identify environmental reservoirs of pathogens and factors leading to human infections. Investigations must include examination of microbial community dynamics that may be important from a human health perspective. Further research is needed to evaluate the ecology of non-enteric water-transmitted diseases. Sentinels should also be established and monitored, providing early warning of dangers to ecosystem health. Taken together, this effort will provide more reliable information about public health risks associated with beaches and seafood consumption, and how human activities can affect their exposure to disease-causing organisms from the oceans.
- Date of publication
- November 7, 2008
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- Article
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- In Copyright
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- Jill R Stewart et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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- Journal title
- Environmental Health
- Journal volume
- 7
- Journal issue
- Suppl 2
- Page start
- S3
- Language
- English
- Is the article or chapter peer-reviewed?
- Yes
- Bibliographic citation
- Environmental Health. 2008 Nov 07;7(Suppl 2):S3
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- BioMed Central Ltd
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- Open Access
- Date uploaded
- December 20, 2015
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