Hi Claire! I liked your article and just added "and estimate level of" to the first sentence "to detect". The reason I thought that would be helpful is that you go into dose-effect later and ultimately indicator bacteria allow both detection AND quantity of fecal organisms. (570wac)
Added information on US drinking water quality standards. -Vic 570vca (talk) 19:52, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Very nice. I wonder if there are any QRA that compare use of indicator bacteria with actual pathogen occurrence. If you can identify any, they would be good to cite and describe in the QRA section. 570jdw (talk) 16:26, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Hey Claire, I am currently working on a "Methods of Detection" section. If you don't think it fits or is appropriate, feel free to delete. I should be done with it sometime tonight. Christi (570ces) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 570ces (talk • contribs) 21:10, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, I like your article! I just added a picture towards the bottom 1/3. I find pictures help break up the text a bit and help the average web-reader stay tuned better. You of course can remove it if you think it is distracting. (570wac (talk) 22:45, 10 November 2011 (UTC))
Hi Claire -- Interesting article on public health. I never really thought about contamination when swimming. I added a link to an EPA page with info on beach monitoring. From there you can see reports of closings for beaches. I'm glad someone is looking into water quality.570csc (talk) 03:16, 12 November 2011 (UTC) Claire -- under recreational waters you could add Giardia infection rates have been known to go up in late summer[8-10]. Between 2006-2008 in the United States, known cases of giardiasis were twice as high between June-October as they were between January-March[2] - from the CDC 570nlh (talk) 21:12, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Claire - Are all the detection methods quantitative? Is any method used solely for quick, semi-quantitative (i.e. above a specified limit) information to identify an immediate risk? 570mpp (talk) 21:51, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
I added some hyperlinks and found an estimate for bacteria per gram of feces - the site sponsored by activia is surprisingly informative. Are 'monoclonal antibodies' the only type used in immunological tests? If it varies with assay maybe just link 'antibodies.' Good looking article. (570ajk (talk) 05:33, 17 November 2011 (UTC))