title: The risk of contracting infectious diseases in public swimming pools. A review.
abstract: A review of pathogenic microorganisms presenting risk of infection in pool  based artificial recreational water venues is extracted from the available  scientific literature. The microorganisms are grouped both according to their  way of spread and their survival and growth strategies and their characteristics  relevant for the pool and spa based recreation are discussed. In order to put the  proposed risks on a solid basis, among others a ten year excerpt of the waterborne  disease statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  is used throughout the article.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Environmental Health, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Zsófia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Barna
authors.forename: Mihály
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kádár
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D018441:Biofilms; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D012306:Risk; D013551:Swimming Pools / Q000592:standards*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D014871:Water Microbiology