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HEALTH-RELATED WATER MICROBIOLOGY

International Water Association, Specialist Group

Featured Publications

Reduction and liquid-solid partitioning of SARS-CoV-2 and adenovirus throughout the different stages of a pilot-scale wastewater treatment plant

Water Research, Volume 212, 1 April 2022, 118069.

Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Matthew E. Verbyla, Lucas Vassalle, Cintia Leal, Deborah Leroy-Freitas, Elayne Machado, Luyara Fernandes, Alcino Trindade Rosa-Machado, Juliana Calábria, Carlos Chernicharo, César Rossas Mota Filho

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004313542200032X

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Journal of Water and Health, Volume 20, Issue 1, 1 January 2022

Evaluating the impact of free private well testing outreach on participants’ private well stewardship in New Jersey
Alecia Seliga; Steven E. Spayd; Nicholas A. Procopio; Sara V. Flanagan; Jessie A. Gleason
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 1–11.

Water, sanitation, and hygiene services in health care facilities in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia
Sanja Bijelović; Valentina Grossi; Enkhtsetseg Shinee; Oliver Schmoll; Dragana Jovanović; Katarina Paunović; Nataša Dragić; Radmila Velicki
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 12–22.

Lacustrine, wastewater, interstitial and fluvial water quality in the Southern Lake Baikal region
Valerii V. Malnik; Masumi Yamamuro; Irina V. Tomberg; Elena V. Molozhnikova; Yuri S. Bukin; Oleg A. Timoshkin
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 23–40.

Public toilets from the perspective of users: a case study in a public place, Brazil
Fernanda Deister Moreira; Sonaly Rezende; Fabiana Passos
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 41–53.

Acanthamoeba species isolated from marine water in Malaysia exhibit distinct genotypes and variable physiological properties
Rosnani Hanim Mohd Hussain; Mohamed Kamel Abdul Ghani; Naveed Ahmed Khan; Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui; Tengku Shahrul Anuar
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 54–67.

Determinants of hand-hygiene practices in India: reflections from the 76th round National Sample Survey, 2018
Sonali Smriti Biswas; Ranjan Karmakar
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 68–82.

SARS-CoV-2 surrogate (Phi6) environmental persistence within free-living amoebae
Rafik Dey; Elena Dlusskaya; Nicholas J. Ashbolt
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 83–91.

Disinfection of therapeutic water – balancing risks against benefits: case study of Hungarian therapeutic baths on the effects of technological steps and disinfection on therapeutic waters
Dóra Gere; Eszter Róka; Norbert Erdélyi; Zsuzsanna Bufa-Dőrr; Gyula Záray; Márta Vargha
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 92–102.

Retrospective epidemiological analysis of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance and case notifications data – New South Wales, Australia, 2020
H. S. Camphor; S. Nielsen; Z. Bradford-Hartke; K. Wall; R. Broome
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 103–113.

Detection and abundance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in Liechtenstein, and the estimation of prevalence and impact of the B.1.1.7 variant
R. Markt; L. Endler; F. Amman; A. Schedl; T. Penz; M. Büchel-Marxer; D. Grünbacher; M. Mayr; E. Peer; M. Pedrazzini … Show more
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 114–125.

Absence of virological and epidemiological evidence that SARS-CoV-2 poses COVID-19 risks from environmental fecal waste, wastewater and water exposures
Mark D. Sobsey
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 126–138.

Water use behaviors and water access in intermittent and continuous water supply areas during the COVID-19 pandemic
Emily Kumpel; Nayaran Billava; Nayanatara Nayak; Ayse Ercumen
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 139–148.

Water sanitation, hygiene and the prevalence of diarrhea in the rural areas of the delta region of Myanmar
Shane Htet Ko; Hiroshi Sakai
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 149–156.

Evaluation of an alternative household water treatment system based on slow filtration and solar disinfection
Guilherme Otávio Rosa e Silva; Helen Oliveira Loureiro; Laura Guimarães Soares; Laura Hamdan de Andrade; Rana Gabriela Lacerda Santos
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 157–166.

Indications of recent warm and dry summers’ impact on private wells for drinking-water supply in Germany: a review of press articles
B. Rickert; A. Görnt; L. Vogelsang; A. S. Ruhl
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 167–175.

Association of exopolysaccharide genes in biofilm developing antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from hospital wastewater
M. Divyashree; Madhu K. Mani; Indrani Karunasagar
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 176–184.

Cleanliness preference behind the choice of drinking water at home: an analysis of online survey results in the Tokyo area
Koji Suzuki
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 185–192.

Survey and first report of Acanthamoeba T4 genotype in natural spring water resources in the Black Sea, Turkey
Ulku Karaman; Zeynep Koloren; Panagiotis Karanis
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 193–204.

Persistence of fecal indicator bacteria and associated genetic markers from wastewater treatment plant effluents in freshwater microcosms
Eunice C. Chern; Larry Wymer; Kristen Brenner; Kevin Oshima; Richard A. Haugland
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 205–215.

Propranolol degradation through processes based on the generation of hydroxyl free radical
Hugo Alejandro Nájera-Aguilar; Rosario Mayorga-Santis; Rubén Fernando Gutiérrez-Hernández; Antonio Santiesteban-Hernández; Francisco J. Rodríguez-Valadez; Diego Alberto Ulloa-Gutiérrez; Juan Antonio Araiza-Aguilar; Abumalé Cruz-Salomón
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 216–226.

Potential health concerns due to elevated nitrate concentrations in groundwater of villages of Vadodara and Chhota Udaipur districts of Gujarat, India
Smruti V. Patel; Nitasha Khatri; Paresh Chavda; Ashutosh K. Jha
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 227–245.

The devil is in the details: emerging insights on the relevance of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 to public health
Steve E. Hrudey; Bernadette Conant
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 246–270.

Microbial contamination of hands with or without the use of bidet toilets (electric toilet seats with water spray) after defecation
Shigeharu Oie; Shinya Kawai
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 271–275.

Retraction: Journal of Water and Health: Detection of virulence genes of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains from drinking water in Khartoum State, Ehssan H. Moglad, Omima Abdl El Jalil Adam, Maram M. Alnosh and Hisham N. Altayb, doi: 10.2166/wh.2020.097
J Water Health (2022) 20 (1): 276.

Featured Publications

Remediation of surface water contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms using calcium peroxide: Matrix effect, micro-mechanisms and morphological-physiological changes Author links open overlay panel

Water Research, Volume 211, 1 March 2022, 118074.

Wenhui Qiu, Honghong Chen, Shuwen Zhang, Ying Xiong, Ming Zheng, Tingting Zhu, Minkyu Park, Jason T. Magnuson, Chunmiao Zheng, Mohamed Gamal El-Din

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135422000379

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Journal of Water and Health papers highly cited in 2021

TOP cited in 2021 among papers published in 2019 and 2020:

14 times cited
Chemical disinfectants of COVID-19: an overview
Mohammad Hussein Al-Sayah
J Water Health (2020) 18 (5): 843–848.

13 times cited
Pharmaceuticals’ removal by constructed wetlands: a critical evaluation and meta-analysis on performance, risk reduction, and role of physicochemical properties on removal mechanisms
Huma Ilyas; Ilyas Masih; Eric D. van Hullebusch
J Water Health (2020) 18 (3): 253–291.

12 times cited
Factors influencing the relationship between fluoride in drinking water and dental fluorosis: a ten-year systematic review and meta-analysis
M. H. Akuno; G. Nocella; E. P. Milia; L. Gutierrez
J Water Health (2019) 17 (6): 845–862.

9 times cited
Molecular detection of human adenovirus in urban wastewater in Egypt and among children suffering from acute gastroenteritis
Elmahdy M. Elmahdy; Nehal I. Ahmed; Mohamed N. F. Shaheen; EL-Chaimaa B. Mohamed; Samah A. Loutfy
J Water Health (2019) 17 (2): 287–294.

9 times cited
Turbidity reduction in drinking water by coagulation-flocculation with chitosan polymers
Ampai Soros; James E. Amburgey; Christine E. Stauber; Mark D. Sobsey; Lisa M. Casanova
J Water Health (2019) 17 (2): 204–218.


TOP cited in 2021 among all JWH papers:

26 times cited
Waterborne transmission of protozoan parasites: A worldwide review of outbreaks and lessons learnt
Panagiotis Karanis; Christina Kourenti; Huw Smith
J Water Health (2007) 5 (1): 1–38.

26 times cited
Safe drinking water and waterborne outbreaks
N. A. Moreira; M. Bondelind
J Water Health (2017) 15 (1): 83–96.

21 times cited
Demonstration and evaluation of germicidal UV-LEDs for point-of-use water disinfection
Christie Chatterley; Karl Linden
J Water Health (2010) 8 (3): 479–486.

18 times cited
Population-based study of intra-household gender differences in water insecurity: reliability and validity of a survey instrument for use in rural Uganda
Alexander C. Tsai; Bernard Kakuhikire; Rumbidzai Mushavi; Dagmar Vořechovská; Jessica M. Perkins; Amy Q. McDonough; David R. Bangsberg
J Water Health (2016) 14 (2): 280–292.

17 times cited
Surveillance of Influenza A and the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in sewage and surface water in the Netherlands
Leo Heijnen; Gertjan Medema
J Water Health (2011) 9 (3): 434–442.


Counted by Dr. Mohan AMARASIRI, Kitasato University, Japan, based on Web of Science on Jan. 25, 2022.

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