ERF of waterborne microbes

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Question

What are the dose-response functions of pathogens in drinking water?

Answer

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Rationale

Data

ERF of waterborne microbes(-)
ObsExposure agentResponseExposureExposure unitER functionScalingThresholdERFDescription
1campylobactercampylobacter infectioningestion?beta poisson approximationNone0.0110.024
2rotavirusrotavirus infectioningestion?exact beta poissonNone0.1910.167
3norovirusnorovirus infectioningestion?exact beta poissonNone0.0550.04
4cryptosporidiumcryptosporidium infectioningestion?exact beta poissonNone0.1760.115
5giardiagiardia infectioningestion?exponentialNone00.0199
6E.coliE. coli infectioningestion?exact beta poissonNone9.160.157E. coli O157:H7 strain

⇤--arg6688: . Find out the units of the parameters to understand the functions precisely. --Jouni (talk) 12:54, 11 July 2019 (UTC) (type: truth; paradigms: science: attack)

In these equations, Param1 and Param2 are in Threshold and ERF columns, respectively.

  • Beta Poisson approximation: 1-(1+Dose/Param2)^-Param1
  • Exact beta Poisson: 1-exp(-(Param1/(Param1+Param2))*Dose)
  • Exponential: 1-exp(-Param1*Dose)
Pathogen Reference
Campylobacter [1]
Rotavirus [2]
Norovirus [3]
Cryptosporidium [4]
Giardia [5]
E.coli O157:H7 [6]

Calculations

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⇤--arg5268: . The code below is old and does not work with the new ERF table. --Jouni (talk) 12:54, 11 July 2019 (UTC) (type: truth; paradigms: science: attack)

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See also

References

  1. Campylobacter (Teunis et al. 2005) Exact Beta-Poisson model Low Dose Approximation:Dose Response relationship for Campylobacter from model fit results presented by Teunis et al. (2005) Epidemiol. Infec. 133, 583-592.
  2. Teunis, P. F. M. and Havelaar, A. (2000). "The beta Poisson dose‐response model is not a single hit model."Risk Analysis 20(4): 511‐518.
  3. Teunis et al. 2008 Norwalk Virus: How Infectious is It? Journal of Medical Virology 80:1468-1476.
  4. Teunis et al., 2002 Risk Analysis 22(1) 175-183
  5. Teunis et al., 1996 RIVM report No. 284550002 " The dose-response relation in human volunteers for gastro-intestinal pathogens"
  6. Teunis, P., Takumi, K. and Shinagawa, K. (2004). "Dose response for infection by Escherichia coli O157:H7 from outbreak data." Risk Analysis 24(2): 401‐407.