Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 31, 2026

VirWaTest, A Point-of-Use Method for the Detection of Viruses in Water Samples
Published on: May 11, 2019
[Association between sea recreational water and gastroenteritis]
Annamaria Dionisi1, Nicola Schinaia, Romano Arcieri
1Laboratorio di Batteriologia e Micologia Medica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, V.le Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma.
Abstract:
Gastrointestinal infections represent one of the main cause of morbidity both in developing and industrialized areas. Quality of coastal waters is particularly important for countries as Italy that has several regions on coasts. Public health and economy aspects could be hardly affected by poor quality of sea waters. Several studies have been addressed to the association between sea recreational water and development of gastrointestinal infection but in Italy only sporadic cases of infection have been reported especially in immunocompromised hosts. Results of this study, either in the case control or in the active surveillance study seem to confirm the absence of an association between sea exposure and intestinal infections. One of the main risk factors for the development of these infections is still represented by the seafood consumption especially shellfish.
Related Concept Videos
Association Areas of the Cortex
Prefrontal Association Area: This area is located in the frontal lobe and is involved in planning, decision-making, and moderating social behavior. It connects with primary motor areas,...
Effect of Sea Water on Concrete
Concrete in areas between tide marks,...
Associative Learning
Classical conditioning, also known...
States of Water
Water freezes when the intermolecular forces are greater than the kinetic energy. Unlike most other substances, water is less dense in its solid state than in its liquid state. This is because each water molecule can form...
The Water Cycle
Water and Mineral Acquisition

