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Untreated sewage contamination of beach sand from a leaking underground sewage ...
Brandão, J.; Albergaria, I.; Albuquerque, J.; José, S.; Grossinho, J.; Ferreira, F.C.; Raposo, A.; Rodrigues, R.; Silva, C.; Jordao, L.; Sousa, M.Thirty people (mostly children) experienced an episode of skin rash days after a sand sifting beach operation at Porto Pim Beach in Faial, Azores during June 2019. An environmental and epidemiologic investigation was conducted to identify the cause of the outbreak of skin rash. The epidemiologic investigation found that some of the patients experiencing symptoms had never entered the beach water. During the pol...
Pathogenic fungi: an unacknowledged risk at coastal resorts? New insights on mi...
Sabino, R.; Veríssimo, C.; Cunha, M.A.; Wergikoski, B.; Ferreira, F.C.; Rodrigues, R.; Parada, H.; Falcão, L.; Rosado, L.; Pinheiro, C.; Paixão, E.Whilst the potential impact on beach users from microorganisms in water has received considerable attention, there has been relatively little investigation into microbial contaminants in sand. Thirty three beaches across Portugal were analyzed during a five year period (2006–2010) to determine the presence of yeasts, pathogenic fungi, dermatophytes, total coliforms, Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci i...