OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Water and Health is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Modeling infection from SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentrations: promise, limitations, and future directions	39
Potential risk of BPA and phthalates in commercial water bottles: a minireview	39
Molecular prevalence and subtype distribution ofBlastocystissp. in Asia and in Australia	33
Multiple water source use in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review	29
Absence of virological and epidemiological evidence that SARS-CoV-2 poses COVID-19 risks from environmental fecal waste, wastewater and water exposures	27
COVID-19 case prediction via wastewater surveillance in a low-prevalence urban community: a modeling approach	27
Arsenic, iron, and manganese in groundwater and its associated human health risk assessment in the rural area of Jashore, Bangladesh	26
The devil is in the details: emerging insights on the relevance of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 to public health	26
Contamination level, source identification and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in drinking water sources of mining and non-mining areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	24
Toxic chromium in water and the effects on the human body: a systematic review	23
Generation of microplastics from the opening and closing of disposable plastic water bottles	23
Pollution and risk assessment of heavy metals in water, sediment and fish (Clarias gariepinus) in a fish farm cluster in Niger Delta region, Nigeria	22
Prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producingEnterobacteriaceaein wastewater: a systematic review and meta-analysis	21
Research needs for optimising wastewater-based epidemiology monitoring for public health protection	20
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	20
Waterborne transmission of protozoan parasites: a review of worldwide outbreaks – an update 2017–2022	19
Groundwater as a potential cause of Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka: a review	19
The status of freshwater and reused treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories	19
Lentic and effluent water of Delhi-NCR: a reservoir of multidrug-resistant bacteria harbouring blaCTX-M, blaTEM and blaSHV type ESBL genes	19
Updated research agenda for water, sanitation and antimicrobial resistance	19
Chemical contaminants in Brazilian drinking water: a systematic review	18
Respiratory virus concentrations in human excretions that contribute to wastewater: a systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Quantification of microplastics by count, size and morphology in beverage containers using Nile Red and ImageJ	17
Establishment of local wastewater-based surveillance programmes in response to the spread and infection of COVID-19 – case studies from South Africa, the Netherlands, Turkey and England	17
Short-term exposure to benzalkonium chloride in bacteria from activated sludge alters the community diversity and the antibiotic resistance profile	16

Comparison of two culture methods for the enumeration of Legionella pneumophila from potable water samples	16
Assessment of immunohematological, hematological and biochemical responses in cultivable fish Cyprinus carpio exposed to an antibiotic sulfamethoxazole (SMX)	16
Photolysis of sodium chloride and sodium hypochlorite by ultraviolet light inactivates the trophozoites and cysts of Acanthamoeba castellanii in the water matrix	16
SARS-CoV-2 sewage surveillance in low-income countries: potential and challenges	16
A systematic review of microorganisms as indicators of recreational water quality in natural and drinking water systems	16
SARS-CoV-2 surrogate (Phi6) environmental persistence within free-living amoebae	16
Detection of potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae from the Caspian Sea and hospital ward dust of teaching hospitals in Guilan, Iran	15
Current report on the prevalence of free-living amoebae (FLA) in natural hot springs: a systematic review	15
One-year surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater from vulnerable urban communities in metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil	15
Molecular surveillance of Cryptosporidium spp. for microbial source tracking of fecal contamination in Laguna Lake, Philippines	14
Influences of anthropogenic activities on water quality in the Saigon River, Ho Chi Minh City	14
Challenges in realising the potential of wastewater-based epidemiology to quantitatively monitor and predict the spread of disease	14
Antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospital wastewater in the Czech Republic	14
Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Austria: development, implementation, and operation of the Tyrolean wastewater monitoring program	14
Current understanding on antibacterial mechanisms and research progress of tea polyphenols as a supplementary disinfectant for drinking water	13
Assessment of groundwater arsenic contamination using machine learning in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India	13
Detection of enteric bacteria in two groundwater sources and associated microbial health risks	13
Characterization of reported legionellosis outbreaks associated with buildings served by public drinking water systems: United States, 2001–2017	13
Occurrence and antibiotic resistance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from the Tunisian coastal seawater	13
Effect-based monitoring to integrate the mixture hazards of chemicals into water safety plans	12
SARS-CoV-2 variant detection from wastewater: rapid spread of B.1.1.7 lineage in Hungary	12
Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: what normalisation for improved understanding of epidemic trends?	12
Health impacts of water and sanitation insecurity in the Global North: a scoping literature review for U.S. colonias on the Mexico border	12
Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk assessment of exposure to trace elements in groundwater resources of Sari city, Iran	11
Irrigation water quality and its impact on the physicochemical and microbiological contamination of vegetables produced from market gardening: a case of the Vea Irrigation Dam, U.E.R., Ghana	11
Estimating global water, sanitation, and hygiene levels and related risks on human health, using global indicators data from 1990 to 2020	11
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater is influenced by sampling time, concentration method, and target analyzed	11
Trend in river water quality: tracking the overall impacts of climate change and human activities on water quality in the Dez River Basin	10
Monitoring the exposure and emissions of antibiotic resistance: Co-occurrence of antibiotics and resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants	10
Water quality of springs and lakes in the Kumaon Lesser Himalayan Region of Uttarakhand, India	10
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Greater Cairo water supply systems	10
Impacts of climate change on drinking water quality in Norway	10
Sea water whirlpool spa as a source of Legionella infection	10
Effects of face masks and ventilation on the risk of SARS-CoV-2 respiratory transmission in public toilets: a quantitative microbial risk assessment	10
Occurrence of pathogenic microorganisms in small drinking-water systems in Costa Rica	10
Risk-based treatment targets for onsite non-potable water systems using new pathogen data	9
Dynamic population normalisation in wastewater-based epidemiology for improved understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 prevalence: a multi-site study	9
Water use behaviors and water access in intermittent and continuous water supply areas during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Radon concentration measurement and effective dose assessment in drinking groundwater for the adult population in the surrounding area of a thermal power plant	9
Effectiveness of environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 as an early warning system during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review	9
State of knowledge and future research needs on microplastics in groundwater	9
Laboratory efficacy of surface disinfection using chlorine against Vibrio cholerae	9
Assessment of microplastic contamination in the urban lower Chao Phraya River of Bangkok city, Thailand	9
Public toilets from the perspective of users: a case study in a public place, Brazil	9
A review of antibiotic resistance among Campylobacter species in human, animal, and water sources in South Africa: a One Health Approach	8
Genetic characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolated from household water sources in northern Ghana	8
Acanthamoeba species isolated from marine water in Malaysia exhibit distinct genotypes and variable physiological properties	8
The forgotten threat of cholera in Syria	8
Efficiency evaluation of sewage treatment technologies: implications on aquatic ecosystem health	8
Examination of the Cameroon DHS data to investigate how water access and sanitation services are related to diarrhea and nutrition among infants and toddlers in rural households	8

How effective are water treatment processes in removing toxic effects of micropollutants? A literature review of effect-based monitoring data	8
Comparison of the SARS-CoV-2-inactivating activities of the differently manufactured hypochlorous acid water products with various pH	8
Associations between extreme precipitation, drinking water, and protozoan acute gastrointestinal illnesses in four North American Great Lakes cities (2009–2014)	8
Evaluating the impact of free private well testing outreach on participants' private well stewardship in New Jersey	8
Online dashboards for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater data need standard best practices: An environmental health communication agenda	8
Microbial source tracking of fecal contamination in Laguna Lake, Philippines using the library-dependent method, rep-PCR	7
Climate variability, water supply, sanitation and diarrhea among children under five in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis	7
Assessment of groundwater and surface water quality in a typical mining community: application of water quality indices and hierarchical cluster analyses	7
Evaluating the impact of hydrometeorological conditions on E. coli concentration in farmed mussels and clams: experience in Central Italy	7
Phosphate drinking water softeners promote Legionella growth	7
Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in sewage treatment plants in Tehran, Iran	7
Household water quality in areas irrigated with wastewater in the Mezquital Valley, Mexico	7
In vivo toxicities of the hospital effluent in Mahdia Tunisia	7
Identification and characterization of vancomycin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusin hospital wastewaters: evidence of horizontal spread of antimicrobial resistance	7
Water sanitation, hygiene and the prevalence of diarrhea in the rural areas of the delta region of Myanmar	7
Potential health concerns due to elevated nitrate concentrations in groundwater of villages of Vadodara and Chhota Udaipur districts of Gujarat, India	6
Microbial faecal pollution of river water in a watershed of tropical Ethiopian highlands is driven by diffuse pollution sources	6
Antibiotic resistance genes in an urban stream before and after a state fair	6
Assessing drinking water quality and health risks of contaminants in the coastal areas of Cambodia	6
Source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in rainwater and effect on the health of the population: the case of the District of Abidjan in the South of Ivory Coast	6
Modeling the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater or sludge and COVID-19 cases in three New England regions	6
Legionella detection in wastewater treatment plants with increased risk for Legionella growth and emission	6
Economic valuation meta-analysis of freshwater improvement in developed and developing countries. Are they different?	6
Dengue hemorrhagic fever: a growing global menace	6
Systematic review of the relative concentrations of noroviruses and fecal indicator bacteria in wastewater: considerations for use in quantitative microbial risk assessment	6
Water quality modelling and quantitative microbial risk assessment for uMsunduzi River in South Africa	6
Detection of Escherichia coli, rotavirus, and Cryptosporidium spp. from drinking water, kitchenware, and flies in a periurban community of Lusaka, Zambia	6
Wastewater monitoring of COVID-19: a perspective from Scotland	6
Modeled and measured SARS-CoV-2 virus in septic tank systems for wastewater surveillance	6
Evaluation of the drinking water quality surveillance system in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro	6
Clonal complexes of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from community sewage	6
Determinants of hand-hygiene practices in India: reflections from the 76th round National Sample Survey, 2018	5
Association of exopolysaccharide genes in biofilm developing antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from hospital wastewater	5
Justice and sanitation well-being: an analysis of frameworks in the context of slippage, based on findings from Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh, India	5
Fungi in dialysis water and dialysate: occurrence, susceptibility to antifungal agents and biofilm production capacity	5
The first detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in urban wastewater in Giza, Egypt	5
Potential health risk assessment related to arsenic pollution and hydrogeochemistry of groundwaters in Akşehir and surroundings (Konya/Turkey)	5
Performance evaluation of ceramic pot filters combined with adsorption processes for the removal of heavy metals and phenolic compounds	5
Efficient adsorption of tartrazine from an aqueous solution using a low-cost orange peel powder	5
Thermal and chemical disinfection of water and biofilms: only a temporary effect in regard to the autochthonous bacteria	5
Detection of Acanthamoeba spp. in groundwater sources in a rural area in the Philippines	5
Antibiotic resistance pattern and molecular detection of ESBL-associated genes in E. coli from surface and wastewater of Islamabad capital territory, Pakistan	5
Evaluation of formation and health risks of disinfection by-products in drinking water supply of Ggaba waterworks, Kampala, Uganda	5
Diversity and dynamics of bacterial communities in the drinking water distribution network of a mid-sized city in Brazil	5
Health risk assessment of the heavy metals at wastewater discharge points of textile industries in Tongi, Shitalakkhya, and Dhaleshwari, Bangladesh	5
Association between exposure to drinking water disinfection byproducts and adverse pregnancy outcomes in South Africa	5
Identification and assessment of antimicrobial resistance bacteria in a hemodialysis water treatment system	5
The effect of different drinking water in culture medium on feces microbiota diversity	5
Does each bead count? A reduced-cost approach for recovering waterborne protozoa from challenge water using immunomagnetic separation	5
Contribution of wastewater-based epidemiology to SARS-CoV-2 screening in Brazil and the United States	5
Sources, enumerations and inactivation mechanisms of four emerging viruses in aqueous phase	5
Interlaboratory comparison of the intensity of drinking water odor and taste by two-way ordinal analysis of variation without replication	5
Field demonstration of UV-LED disinfection at small and decentralized water facilities	5
Hybrid modeling and prediction of oyster norovirus outbreaks	5
Trends of potential waterborne diseases at different health facilities in Bamboutos Division, West Region, Cameroon: a retrospective appraisal of routine data from 2013 to 2017	5
Solar disinfection of turbid hygiene waters in Lexington, KY, USA	5
Library-independent source tracking of fecal contamination in selected stations and tributaries of Laguna Lake, Philippines	5
Water, sanitation, and hygiene access in Senegal and its impact on the occurrence of diarrhea in children under 5 years old	4
Inactivation of Escherichia coli by atmospheric pressure plasma jet in water	4
Exploring the impact of soil and water salinity on dietary behavior and health risk of coastal communities in Bangladesh	4
A scientometric study on quantitative microbial risk assessment in water quality analysis across 6 years (2016–2021)	4
Genetic diversity and prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in aquatic environments receiving untreated hospital effluents	4
Evaluation of water safety plan implementation at provincial water utilities in Vietnam	4
Prevalence of enteric viruses in wastewater in Egypt after the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Parasitological, microbiological, and antimicrobial resistance profiles of raw and drinking water in a tourist city in the tri-border region of South America	4
First report of free-living amoebae in sewage treatment plants in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil	4
Tap water quality: in the eye of the beholder	4
Spatiotemporal distribution and pollution assessment of trace metals in the Buriganga River, Bangladesh	4
Nature of sorption of trivalent arsenic on novel iron oxyhydroxide stabilized starch/OMMT composite: A mechanistic approach	4
Fe-based layered double hydroxides for removing arsenic from water: sorption–desorption–regeneration	4
A case study of a community-organized wastewater surveillance in a small community: correlating weekly reported COVID-19 cases with SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations during fall 2020 to summer 2021 in Yar	4
Potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli from household water in peri-urban Ibadan, Nigeria	4
Wastewater-based SARS-CoV-2 airport surveillance: key trends at the Cape Town International Airport	4
Detection of potentially pathogenic Arcobacter spp. in Bangkok canals and the Chao Phraya River	4
Fecal indicator bacteria diversity and decay in an estuarine mangrove ecosystem of the Xuan Thuy National Park, Vietnam	4
Evaluating water quality using social media and federal agency data	4
Evaluation of three viral concentration methods for detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater	4