Is it safe to go back into the water? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the risk of acquiring infections from recreational exposure to seawater.
Is it safe to go back into the water? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the risk of acquiring infections from recreational exposure to seawater.
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DOI:
10.1093/ije/dyx281
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发表时间:
2018-04-01
影响因子:
7.7
通讯作者:
Garside R
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作者:
Leonard AFC;Singer A;Ukoumunne OC;Gaze WH;Garside R
Numerous illnesses are associated with bathing in natural waters, although it is assumed that the risk of illness among bathers exposed to relatively clean waters found in high-income countries is negligible. A systematic review was carried out to quantify the increased risk of experiencing a range of adverse health outcomes among bathers exposed to coastal water compared with non-bathers. In all 6919 potentially relevant titles and abstracts were screened, and from these 40 studies were eligible for inclusion in the review. Odds ratios (OR) were extracted from 19 of these reports and combined in random-effect meta-analyses for the following adverse health outcomes: incident cases of any illness, ear infections, gastrointestinal illness and infections caused by specific microorganisms. There is an increased risk of experiencing symptoms of any illness [OR = 1.86, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.31 to 2.64, P = 0.001] and ear ailments (OR = 2.05, 95% CI: 1.49 to 2.82, P < 0.001) in bathers compared with non-bathers. There is also an increased risk of experiencing gastrointestinal ailments (OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.12 to 1.49, P < 0.001). This is the first systematic review to evaluate evidence on the increased risk of acquiring illnesses from bathing in seawater compared with non-bathers. Our results support the notion that infections are acquired from bathing in coastal waters, and that bathers have a greater risk of experiencing a variety of illnesses compared with non-bathers.
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影响因子:
11.8
作者:
Leonard, Anne F. C.;Zhang, Lihong;Gaze, William H.
通讯作者:
Gaze, William H.
DOI:
10.1016/0197-2456(86)90046-2
发表时间:
1986-09-01
期刊:
CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS
影响因子:
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作者:
DERSIMONIAN, R;LAIRD, N
通讯作者:
LAIRD, N
影响因子:
12.8
作者:
Harwood, Valerie J.;Boehm, Alexandria B.;Wicki, Melanie
通讯作者:
Wicki, Melanie
影响因子:
105.7
作者:
Higgins, JPT;Thompson, SG;Altman, DG
通讯作者:
Altman, DG
DOI:
10.1097/ede.0000000000000681
发表时间:
2017-09
期刊:
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
影响因子:
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作者:
Benjamin-Chung J;Arnold BF;Wade TJ;Schiff K;Griffith JF;Dufour AP;Weisberg SB;Colford JM Jr
通讯作者:
Colford JM Jr