Reducing illness transmission from disinfected recreational water venues: swimming, diarrhea and the emergence of a new public health concern.
Recreational water-related illnesses are associated with swimming in contaminated water venues. The transmission of diarrheal illness in disinfected settings is influenced by several factors which include: chlorine resistance in waterborne pathogens; poor facility maintenance of disinfectant levels; and lack of healthy swimming habits. Health care providers can help to disseminate healthy swimming messages to their patients and help to prevent and control this emerging public health concern.
Castor
Mei Lin
ML
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Beach
Michael J
MJ
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011634:Public Health; D011998:Recreation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013550:Swimming; D013551:Swimming Pools; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014871:Water Microbiology; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods