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Passive sampling, a practical method for wastewater-based surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 by Habtewold, Jemaneh, McCarthy, David, McBean, Edward, Law, Ilya, Goodridge, Larry, Habash, Marc, Murphy, Heather M.

“…In search of practical and affordable tools for wastewater-based surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), three…”
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Burden of disease from contaminated drinking water in countries with high access to safely managed water: A systematic review by Lee, Debbie, Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald, Brown, Joe, Habtewold, Jemaneh, Murphy, Heather M.

“…•First review of drinking water-related burden where access to safe water is high.•Preventable disease burden in countries with high access to safe drinking…”
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Microbial water quality improvement associated with transitioning from intermittent to continuous water supply in Nagpur, India by Bivins, Aaron, Lowry, Sarah, Wankhede, Sonal, Hajare, Rajashree, Murphy, Heather M., Borchardt, Mark, Labhasetwar, Pawan, Brown, Joe

“…•DEUF and ddPCR allow for sensitive detection of indicators and pathogens in water.•Water quality is improved at household taps receiving continuous…”
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Review: Epidemiological evidence of groundwater contribution to global enteric disease, 1948–2015 by Murphy, Heather M., Prioleau, Morgan D., Borchardt, Mark A., Hynds, Paul D.

“…Globally, approximately 2.2 billion people rely on groundwater for daily consumption. It is widely accepted that groundwater is more pristine than surface…”
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Private Wells and Rural Health: Groundwater Contaminants of Emerging Concern by Lee, Debbie, Murphy, Heather M.

“…Purpose of Review Approximately 12% of the population in the US and Canada rely on federally unregulated private wells, which are common in rural areas and may…”
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Why pathogens matter for meeting the united nations’ sustainable development goal 6 on safely managed water and sanitation by Mraz, Alexis L., Tumwebaze, Innocent K., McLoughlin, Shane R., McCarthy, Megan E., Verbyla, Matthew E., Hofstra, Nynke, Rose, Joan B., Murphy, Heather M.

“…•Indicator organisms do not tell the whole story for the safety of water and sanitation systems.•Considering only fecal indicator groups may provide a falsely…”
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Bacterial Contamination on Latrine Surfaces in Community and Household Latrines in Kathmandu, Nepal by McGinnis, Shannon, Marini, Dianna, Amatya, Prakash, Murphy, Heather M

“…A lack of sanitation infrastructure is a major contributor to the global burden of diarrheal disease, particularly in low-income countries. Access to basic…”
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Passive sampling of microbes in various water sources: A systematic review by Karamati N․, Elnaz, Law, Ilya, Weese, J. Scott, McCarthy, David T., Murphy, Heather M.

“…•Membrane filters are effective for detection and quantification of viruses in wastewater.•Gauze passive samplers coupled with culturing is effective for…”
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Septic Systems and Rainfall Influence Human Fecal Marker and Indicator Organism Occurrence in Private Wells in Southeastern Pennsylvania by Murphy, Heather M, McGinnis, Shannon, Blunt, Ryan, Stokdyk, Joel, Wu, Jingwei, Cagle, Alexander, Denno, Donna M, Spencer, Susan, Firnstahl, Aaron, Borchardt, Mark A

“…In the United States, approximately 48 million people are served by private wells. Unlike public water systems, private well water quality is not monitored,…”
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Human Bacteroides and total coliforms as indicators of recent combined sewer overflows and rain events in urban creeks by McGinnis, Shannon, Spencer, Susan, Firnstahl, Aaron, Stokdyk, Joel, Borchardt, Mark, McCarthy, David T., Murphy, Heather M.

“…Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are a known source of human fecal pollution and human pathogens in urban water bodies, which may present a significant public…”
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School-based, blacklight handwashing program can improve handwashing quality and knowledge among pre-school aged children by Dingman, Deirdre, Wu, Jingwei, Murphy, Heather M.

“…•Few handwashing interventions examine handwashing quality or knowledge as outcome measures.•Puzzles and structured handwashing observations can be used as…”
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The Impact of Pipe Material on the Diversity of Microbial Communities in Drinking Water Distribution Systems by Lee, Debbie, Calendo, Gennaro, Kopec, Kristin, Henry, Rebekah, Coutts, Scott, McCarthy, David, Murphy, Heather M

“…As many cities around the world face the prospect of replacing aging drinking water distribution systems (DWDS), water utilities must make careful decisions on…”
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Current Stormwater Harvesting Guidelines Are Inadequate for Mitigating Risk from Campylobacter During Nonpotable Reuse Activities by Murphy, Heather M., Meng, Ze, Henry, Rebekah, Deletic, Ana, McCarthy, David T.

“…Campylobacter is a pathogen frequently detected in urban stormwater worldwide. It is one of the leading causes of enteric disease in many developed countries…”
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A Systematic Review: Costing and Financing of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in Schools by McGinnis, Shannon M, McKeon, Thomas, Desai, Richa, Ejelonu, Akudo, Laskowski, Stanley, Murphy, Heather M

“…Despite the success of recent efforts to increase access to improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) globally, approximately one-third of schools around…”
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Integrating environmental and neighborhood factors in MaxEnt modeling to predict species distributions: A case study of Aedes albopictus in southeastern Pennsylvania by Wiese, Daniel, Escalante, Ananias A, Murphy, Heather, Henry, Kevin A, Gutierrez-Velez, Victor Hugo

“…Aedes albopictus is a viable vector for several infectious diseases such as Zika, West Nile, Dengue viruses and others. Originating from Asia, this invasive…”
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What Is Safe Sanitation? by Rose, Joan B, Hofstra, Nynke, Murphy, Heather M, Verbyla, Matthew E

“…Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest…”
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Study design and methods of the Wells and Enteric disease Transmission (WET) Trial: a randomised controlled trial by Lee, Debbie, Denno, Donna, Tarr, Phillip, Wu, Jingwei, Stokdyk, Joel P, Borchardt, Mark, Murphy, Heather M

“…IntroductionThe burden of disease attributed to drinking water from private wells is not well characterised. The Wells and Enteric disease Transmission trial…”
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Using decision trees to understand the influence of individual- and neighborhood-level factors on urban diabetes and asthma by Cuesta, Hillary A., Coffman, Donna L., Branas, Charles, Murphy, Heather M.

“…To determine the influence of individual and neighborhood factors that combined are associated with asthma and diabetes in a sample of urban Philadelphians…”
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The effects of racism, social exclusion, and discrimination on achieving universal safe water and sanitation in high-income countries by Brown, Joe, Acey, Charisma S, Anthonj, Carmen, Barrington, Dani J, Beal, Cara D, Capone, Drew, Cumming, Oliver, Pullen Fedinick, Kristi, MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline, Hicks, Brittany, Kozubik, Michal, Lakatosova, Nikoleta, Linden, Karl G, Love, Nancy G, Mattos, Kaitlin J, Murphy, Heather M, Winkler, Inga T

“…Drinking water and sanitation services in high-income countries typically bring widespread health and other benefits to their populations. Yet gaps in this…”
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Groundwater source contamination mechanisms: Physicochemical profile clustering, risk factor analysis and multivariate modelling by Hynds, Paul, Misstear, Bruce D., Gill, Laurence W., Murphy, Heather M.

“…An integrated domestic well sampling and “susceptibility assessment” programme was undertaken in the Republic of Ireland from April 2008 to November 2010…”
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