Epidemiological data from the NEEAR Water Study. This dataset is not publicly accessible because: EPA cannot release personally identifiable information regarding living individuals, according to the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This dataset contains information about human research subjects. Because there is potential to identify individual participants and disclose personal information, either alone or in combination with other datasets, individual level data are not appropriate to post for public access. Restricted access may be granted to authorized persons by contacting the party listed. It can be accessed through the following means: Request from Tim Wade- wade.tim@epa.gov. Format: Data are stored in comma-delimited databases.
This dataset is associated with the following publications:
Wade, T., S. Augustine, S. Griffin, E. Sams, K. Oshima, A. Egorov, K. Simmons, T. Eason, and A. Dufour. Asymptomatic norovirus infection associated with swimming at a tropical beach: A prospective cohort study. PLoS ONE. Public Library of Science, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13(3): e0195056, (2018).
Deflorio-Barker, S., B. Arnold, E. Sams, A. Dufour, J. Colford, S. Weisberg, K. Schiff, and T. Wade. Child environmental exposures to water and sand at the beach: Findings from studies of over 60,000 subjects at 12 beaches. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Nature Publishing Group, London, UK, 28(2): 93-100, (2018).