Table 3 Region, study period, waterborne infections and data sources in the included articles by type of study unit
Study units | First author publication year | Continent | Country/Region | Study period | Waterbone disease under study | Waterborne disease Data source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outbreaks | Yang [12]; 2012 | Global | - | 1991-2008 (18 years) | Drinking water related waterborne disease outbreaks (+ other water-associated diseases) | Database developed by the Global Infectious Disease Epidemiology Network (GIDEON) |
Curriero [14]; 2001 | North America | United States | 1948-1994 (47 years) | Drinking water related waterborne disease outbreaks with contamination at the water source | Surveillance data at national level | |
Thomas [11]; 2006 | North America | Canada | 1975-2001 (27 years) | Drinking water related waterborne disease outbreaks | Published compilation at national level | |
Nichols [13]; 2009 | Europe | England and Wales | 1910-1999 (90 years) | Drinking water related waterborne disease outbreaks | Medline search, published papers and unpublished reports | |
Cases of infection | Tornevi [22]; 2013 | Europe | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2007-2011 (5 years) | Telephone calls to acute gastrointestinal illnesses | Nurse advice line |
Louis [18]; 2005 | Europe | England and Wales | 1990-1999 (10 years) | Campylobacteriosis cases | Surveillance data at national level | |
Eisenberg [15]; 2013 | Central America | Haiti | 2010-2011 | Cholera cases | Registry at a hospital | |
Internally displaced person camp data | ||||||
Reports at the ministry | ||||||
White [25]; 2009 | North America | Philadelphia, United States | 1994-2007 (14 years) | Campylobacteriosis cases | Surveillance data at national level | |
Drayna [26]; 2010 | North America | Wisconsin, United States | 2002-2007 (6 years) | Physician visits of gastrointestinal infections/diarrhea | Administrative records | |
Teschke [21]; 2010 | North America | Vancouver, Canada | 1995-2003 (9 years) | Physician visits and hospitalization records of various gastrointestinal diseases with potential to be waterborne | Administrative records | |
Harper [16]; 2011 | North America | Nunatsiavut, Canada | 2005-2008 (4 years) | Gastrointestinal illness related visits | Administrative records | |
Hashizume [27]; 2007 | Asia | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 1996-2002 (7 years) | Weekly number of patients visiting a hospital due to non-cholera diarrhea | Administrative records | |
Vollaard [23]; 2004 | Asia | Jakarta, Indonesia | 2001-2003 (3 years) | Typhoid or paratyphoid fever cases | Consultations at hospitals and outpatient health centers | |
Kelly-Hope [33]; 2007 | Asia | Vietnam | 1991-2001 (11 years) | Shigellosis, cholera and typhoid fever cases | Surveillance data at national level and published papers and unpublished reports | |
Emch [31]; 2008 | Asia | -Hue and Nha Tranng, Vietnam | −1985-2003 (23 years) | Cholera cases | Records from a research centre/surveillance data at national level | |
-Matlab,Bangladesh | −1983-2003 (21 years) | |||||
Constantin de Magny [30]; 2008 | Asia | -Kolkata, India | 1997-2006(10 years) | Cholera cases | Administrative records | |
-Matlab, Bangladesh | ||||||
Records from a research center | ||||||
Wang [24]; 2012 | Asia | Guizhou, China | 1984-2007 (24 years) | Typhoid and paratyphoid fever cases | Surveillance data at national level | |
Chen [29]; 2012 | Asia | Taiwan | 1994-2008 (15 years) | Hepatitis A, enteroviruses, shigellosis cases | Surveillance data at national level | |
Jutla,[32]; 2013 | Asia and Central America | -Northern India and Pakistan | −1875-1900 (26 years) | Cholera cases | Reports from the Government and previous published data | |
-Haiti | -2010 | |||||
Singh [20]; 2001 | Oceania and Australia | Pacific Islands | 1978-1998, with two missing years(19 years) | Diarrhea cases | Surveillance data at national level | |
Hu [17]; 2007 | Oceania and Australia | Brisbane, Australia | 1996-2004 (9 years) | Cryptosporidiosis cases | Surveillance data from the regional level | |
Rind [34]; 2010 | Oceania and Australia | New Zealand | 1997-2005 (9 years) | Campylobacteriosis cases | Surveillance data at national level | |
Britton [28]; 2010 | Oceania and Australia | New Zealand | 1997-2006 (10 years) | Cryptosporidiosis and Giardiasis cases | Surveillance data at national level | |
Sasaki [19]; 2009 | Africa | Lusaka, Zambia | 2003-2004; 2005-2006 | Cholera cases | Records at a treatment centre |