Table 5. Microbial risk assessment for infection with presumptive diarrheagenic ESBL-producing E. coli for children during swimming in Lahn River at times of peak concentrations.
| Reference | Haas et al. 1999 | DuPont et al. 1971 |
|---|---|---|
| Host type | Human | Human |
| Pathogen type | Non-enterohaemorrhagic strains including ETEC, EPEC, EIEC | EIEC 1624 |
| Response | Diarrhea | Positive stool isolation |
| Best Fit Model | Beta-Poisson | Beta-Poisson |
| alpha | 1.78E-01 | 1.55E-01 |
| ND50 | 8.60E+07 | 2.11E+06 |
| P(response) | 2.59E-06 | 1.65E-04 |
Abbreviations: ETEC: enterotoxigenic E. coli; EPEC: enteropathogenic E. coli; EIEC: enteroinvasive E. coli.