Heavy precipitation, drinking water source, and acute gastrointestinal illness in Philadelphia, 2015-2017.
Runoff from heavy precipitation events can lead to microbiological contamination of source waters for public drinking water supplies. Philadelphia is a city of interest for a study of waterborne acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) because of frequent heavy precipitation, extensive impervious landco...
Main Authors: | Anneclaire J De Roos, Michelle C Kondo, Lucy F Robinson, Arjita Rai, Michael Ryan, Charles N Haas, José Lojo, Jerald A Fagliano |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229258 |
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