
Quantitative microbial risk assessment of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in well water from a native community of Mexico
Cryptosporidium and Giardia are gastrointestinal disease-causing organisms transmitted by the fecal–oral route, zoonotic and prevalent in all socioeconomic segments with greater emphasis in rural communities. The goal of this study was to assess the risk of cryptosporidiosis
and giardiasis of Potam dwellers consuming drinking water from communal well water. To achieve the goal, quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) was carried out as follows: (a) identification of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in well water samples by information
collection rule method, (b) assessment of exposure to healthy Potam residents, (c) dose-response modelling, and (d) risk characterization using an exponential model. All well water samples tested were positive for Cryptosporidium and Giardia. The QMRA results indicate a mean
of annual risks of 99:100 (0.99) for cryptosporidiosis and 1:1 (1.0) for giardiasis. The outcome of the present study may drive decision-makers to establish an educational and treatment program to reduce the incidence of parasite-borne intestinal infection in the Potam community, and to conduct
risk analysis programs in other similar rural communities in Mexico.
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Keywords: Yaquis; cryptosporidiosis; giardiasis; parasites occurrence
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Departamento de Biotecnología y Ciencias Alimentarias, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (ITSON), Cd. Obregón, Mexico 2: Departamento de Inocuidad Alimentaria, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD), Culiacán, Mexico
Publication date: September 3, 2015
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