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They can make their way into waters through the accidental release of fecal matter, body fluids (saliva, mucus), or skin flakes by symptomatic or asymptomatic carriers. We present an updated overview of epidemiological data on viral outbreaks, a project motivated, among other things, by the availability of improved viral detection methodologies. Special attention is paid to outbreak investigations (source of the outbreak, pathways of transmission, chlorination\/disinfection). Epidemiological studies on incidents of viral contamination of swimming pools under non-epidemic conditions are also reviewed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph16020166","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,10]],"date-time":"2019-01-10T03:22:31Z","timestamp":1547090551000},"page":"166","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":71,"title":["A Review and Update on Waterborne Viral Diseases Associated with Swimming Pools"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Lucia","family":"Bonadonna","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Italian National Institute of Health, Viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2657-100X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giuseppina","family":"La Rosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Italian National Institute of Health, Viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1769","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2672.2009.04367.x","article-title":"Viruses in recreational water-borne disease outbreaks: A review","volume":"107","author":"Sinclair","year":"2009","journal-title":"J. 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