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Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Analytical studies assessing the association between extreme precipitation or temperature and drinking water-related waterborne infections: a review

Inclusion criteria

Analytical research studies in which the main objective was

To estimate the association between extreme precipitation or temperature and drinking water-related waterborne outbreaks or infections

Exclusion criteria

Study type:

-Outbreak reports reporting a single outbreak event.

-Pure discussion papers or reviews without specific statistical analysis and results presented.

-Studies without statistical analysis of associations (i.e. surveys).

Events presented:

-Outbreaks or trends of food-borne and vector-borne outbreaks or infections

-Study of environmental conditions other than precipitation or air temperature

-Main route of transmission other than drinking water.

-Estimation of the association between extreme precipitation or temperature and concentration of microorganisms in water, but without data on human illness presented in the paper.

-Study of seasonality not related to weather or climate data.

Search strategy limited to:

Population: Humans

Publication year: January 2001-December 2013

Language: English