This review examines the aims of and approaches to the Quantitative Microbial Risk
Assessment (QMRA) of untreated recreational waters. The literature search was conducted …

There is always uncertainty in any water quality risk assessment. A Monte Carlo simulation
(MCS) is regarded as a flexible, efficient method for characterizing such uncertainties …

Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila) is an infectious disease agent of increasing
concern due to its ability to cause Legionnaires' Disease, a severe community pneumonia …

Argentina is a developing Latin American nation that has an aim of achieving the United
Nations Millennium Development Goals for potable water supplies. Their current regulations …

Microbial dose response modelling is vital to a well-characterized microbial risk estimate.
Dose response modelling is an inherently multidisciplinary field, which collates knowledge …

Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) is a powerful decision analytics tool, yet it
faces challenges when modeling health risks for the indoor environment. One limitation is …

Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) is a computational science leveraged to
optimize infectious disease controls at both population and individual levels. Often, diverse …

Here, we summarize a symposium entitled “Microbiology of the Built Environment:
Implications for Health and Design” that was presented at the National Council for Science …

Driven by the quantitative estimate of risk via the dose-response models, quantitative
microbial risk assessment has been used successfully for public health interventions. The …

This chapter is intended as a means of introducing dose response models and modeling to
the novice quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) modeler. The concept of and …