Publications by Year
Barzilay EJ, Aghoghovbia TS, Blanton EM, Akinpelumi AA, Coldiron ME, Akinfolayan O, Adeleye OA, LaTrielle A, Hoekstra RM, Gilpin U, Quick R. Diarrhea prevention in people living with HIV: an evaluation of a point-of-use water quality intervention in Lagos, Nigeria.External
Blanton E, Ombeki S, Oluoch GO, Mwaki A, Wannemuehler K, Quick R. Evaluation of the role of school children in the promotion of point-of-use water treatment and handwashing in schools and households–Nyanza Province, Western Kenya, 2007.External
Crump JA, Mintz ED. Global trends in typhoid and paratyphoid Fever.External
Jain S, Sahanoon OK, Blanton E, Schmitz A, Wannemuehler KA, Hoekstra RM, Quick RE. Sodium dichloroisocyanurate tablets for routine treatment of household drinking water in periurban Ghana: a randomized controlled trial.External
Lantagne D, Klarman M, Mayer A, Preston K, Napotnik J, Jellison K. Effect of production variables on microbiological removal in locally-produced ceramic filters for household water treatment.External
Lantagne D. Comment on “An observational study on the effectiveness of point-of-use chlorination”.External
Lantagne DS, Cardinali F, Blount BC. Disinfection by-product formation and mitigation strategies in point-of-use chlorination with sodium dichloroisocyanurate in Tanzania.External
Preston K, Lantagne D, Kotlarz N, Jellison K. Turbidity and chlorine demand reduction using alum and moringa flocculation before household chlorination in developing countries.External
Sheth AN, Russo ET, Menon M, Wannemuehler K, Weinger M, Kudzala AC, Tauzie B, Masuku HD, Msowoya TE, Quick R. Impact of the integration of water treatment and handwashing incentives with antenatal services on hygiene practices of pregnant women in Malawi.External
Freeman MC, Quick RE, Abbott DP, Ogutu P, Rheingans R. Increasing equity of access to point-of-use water treatment products through social marketing and entrepreneurship: a case study in western Kenya.External
Harris JR, Greene SK, Thomas TK, Ndivo R, Okanda J, Masaba R, Nyangau I, Thigpen MC, Hoekstra RM, Quick RE. Effect of a point-of-use water treatment and safe water storage intervention on diarrhea in infants of HIV-infected mothers.External
Kotlarz N, Lantagne D, Preston K, Jellison K. Turbidity and chlorine demand reduction using locally available physical water clarification mechanisms before household chlorination in developing countries.External
Lantagne D, Meierhofer R, Allgood G, McGuigan KG, Quick R. Comment on “Point of use household drinking water filtration: a practical, effective solution for providing sustained access to safe drinking water in the developing world”.External
Lantagne D. Comment on “An observational study on the effectiveness of point-of-use chlorination”.External
Lantagne DS. Viability of commercially available bleach for water treatment in developing countries.External
Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Bowen A, Kenah E, Sharker Y, Hoekstra RM. Difficulties in maintaining improved handwashing behavior, Karachi, Pakistan.External
Ma L, Zhang G, Swaminathan B, Doyle M, Bowen A. Efficacy of protocols for cleaning and disinfecting infant feeding bottles in less developed communities.External
Mach O, Lu L, Creek T, Bowen A, Arvelo W, Smit M, Masunge J, Brennan M, Handzel T. Population-based study of a widespread outbreak of diarrhea associated with increased mortality and malnutrition in Botswana, January-March, 2006.External
Norton DM, Rahman M, Shane AL, Hossain Z, Kulick RM, Bhuiyan MI, Wahed MA, Yunus M, Islam MS, Breiman RF, Henderson A, Keswick BH, Luby SP. Flocculant-disinfectant point-of-use water treatment for reducing arsenic exposure in rural Bangladesh.External
Colindres P, Mermin J, Ezati E, Kambabazi S, Buyungo P, Sekabembe L, Baryarama F, Kitabire F, Mukasa S, Kizito F, Fitzgerald C, Quick R. Utilization of a basic care and prevention package by HIV-infected persons in Uganda.External
Garrett V, Ogutu P, Mabonga P, Ombeki S, Mwaki A, Aluoch G, Phelan M, Quick RE. Diarrhoea prevention in a high-risk rural Kenyan population through point-of-use chlorination, safe water storage, sanitation, and rainwater harvesting.External
Gupta SK, Islam MS, Johnston R, Ram PK, Luby SP. The chulli water purifier: acceptability and effectiveness of an innovative strategy for household water treatment in Bangladesh.External
Gupta SK, Sheikh MA, Islam MS, Rahman KS, Jahan N, Rahman MM, Hoekstra RM, Johnston R, Ram PK, Luby S. Usefulness of the hydrogen sulfide test for assessment of water quality in Bangladesh.External
Lantagne DS, Blount BC, Cardinali F, Quick R. Disinfection by-product formation and mitigation strategies in point-of-use chlorination of turbid and non-turbid waters in western Kenya.External
Luby SP, Mendoza C, Keswick BH, Chiller TM, Hoekstra RM. Difficulties in bringing point-of-use water treatment to scale in rural Guatemala.External
O’Reilly CE, Freeman MC, Ravani M, Migele J, Mwaki A, Ayalo M, Ombeki S, Hoekstra RM, Quick R. The impact of a school-based safe water and hygiene programme on knowledge and practices of students and their parents: Nyanza Province, western Kenya, 2006.External
Banerjee A, McFarland DA, Singh R, Quick R. Cost and financial sustainability of a household-based water treatment and storage intervention in Zambia.External
Bowen A, Ma H, Ou J, Billhimer W, Long T, Mintz E, Hoekstra RM, Luby S. A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a handwashing-promotion program in Chinese primary schools.External
Colindres RE, Jain S, Bowen A, Mintz E, Domond P. After the flood: an evaluation of in-home drinking water treatment with combined flocculent-disinfectant following Tropical Storm Jeanne — Gonaives, Haiti, 2004.External
Crump JA, Mendoza CE, Priest JW, Glass RI, Monroe SS, Dauphin LA, Bibb WF, Lopez MB, Alvarez M, Mintz ED, Luby SP. Comparing serologic response against enteric pathogens with reported diarrhea to assess the impact of improved household drinking water quality.External
Gupta SK, Suantio A, Gray A, Widyastuti E, Jain N, Rolos R, Hoekstra RM, Quick R. Factors associated with E. coli contamination of household drinking water among tsunami and earthquake survivors, Indonesia.External
Migele J, Ombeki S, Ayalo M, Biggerstaff M, Quick R. Diarrhea prevention in a Kenyan school through the use of a simple safe water and hygiene intervention.External
Ram PK, Blanton E, Klinghoffer D, Platek M, Piper J, Straif-Bourgeois S, Bonner MR, Mintz ED. Household water disinfection in hurricane-affected communities of Louisiana: implications for disaster preparedness for the general public.External
Ram PK, Kelsey E, Rasoatiana, Miarintsoa RR, Rakotomalala O, Dunston C, Quick RE. Bringing safe water to remote populations: an evaluation of a portable point-of-use intervention in rural Madagascar.External
Stockman LJ, Fischer TK, Deming M, Ngwira B, Bowie C, Cunliffe N, Bresee J, Quick RE. Point-of-use water treatment and use among mothers in Malawi.External
Chiller TM, Mendoza CE, Lopez MB, Alvarez M, Hoekstra RM, Keswick BH, Luby SP. Reducing diarrhoea in Guatemalan children: randomized controlled trial of flocculant-disinfectant for drinking-water.External
DuBois AE, Sinkala M, Kalluri P, Makasa-Chikoya M, Quick RE. Epidemic cholera in urban Zambia: hand soap and dried fish as protective factors.External
Lantagne DS, Quick R, Mintz E. Household water treatment and safe storage options in developing countries: A review of current implementation practices, in Water Stories: Expanding Opprotunities in Small-Scale Water and Sanitation Projects, M. Parker, Williams, A, Youngblood C, Editor. 2006, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. p. 17-38.
Gupta S, Quick R. Inadequate Drinking Water Quality from Tanker Trucks Following a Tsunami Disaster, Aceh, Indonesia, June 2005. Disaster Prevention and Management 2006;15:213-5.
Lule J, Mermin J, Ekwaru J, et al. Effect of home-based water chlorination and storage on diarrhea among persons with human immunodeficiency virus in UgandaExternal
Parker AA, Stephenson R, Riley PL, Ombeki S, Komolleh C, Sibley L, Quick R. Sustained high levels of stored drinking water treatment and retention of hand-washing knowledge in rural Kenyan households following a clinic-based intervention.External
Shrestha RK, Marseille E, Kahn JG, Lule JR, Pitter C, Blandford JM, Bunnell R, Coutinho A, Kizito F, Quick R, Mermin J. Cost-effectiveness of home-based chlorination and safe water storage in reducing diarrhea among HIV-affected households in rural Uganda.External
Crump J, Otieno P, Slutsker L, Keswick B, Rosen D, Hoekstra R, Vulule J, Luby S. Household based treatment of drinking water with flocculant-disinfectant for preventing diarrhoea in areas with turbid source water in rural western Kenya: cluster randomised controlledExternal
Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Feikin DP, Billheimer W, Altaf A, Hoekstra RM. Effect of handwashing on child health: A randomized controlled trial.External
Lule JR, Mermin J, Ekwaru JP, Malamba S, Downing R, Ransom R, Nakanjako D, Wafula W, Hughes P, Bunnell R, Kaharuza F, Coutinho A, Kigozi A, Quick R. Effect of home-based water chlorination and safe storage on diarrhea among persons with human immunodeficiency virus in Uganda.External
Crump J, Okoth G, Slutsker L, Ogaja D, Keswick B, Luby S. Effect of point-of-use disinfection, flocculation and combined flocculation-disinfection on drinking water quality in western Kenya.External
Luby S, Agboatwall M, Painter J, Altaf A, Billhimer W, Hoekstra R. Effect of intensive handwashing promotion on childhood diarrhea in high-risk communities in Pakistan;A randomised controlled trial.External
Luby S, Agboatwalla M, Hoekstra R, Rahbar M, Billhimer W, Keswick B. Delayed effectiveness of home-based interventions in reducing childhood diarrhea, Karachi, PakistanExternal
Sobel J, Gomes T, Ramos R, et al. Pathogen-specific risk factors and protective factors for acute diarrheal Illness in children aged 12-59 months in Sao Paulo, BrazilExternal
Hutin Y, Luby, S, Paquet C. A large outbreak in Kano City, Nigeria : the importance of hand washing with soap and the danger of street-vended waterExternal
Luby S, Agboatwalla M, Schnell B, Hoekstra R, Rahbar M, Keswick B. The effect of antibacterial soap on impetigo incidence Karachi, Pakistan.External
Macy J. The use of locally produced clay pots modified for safe storage of drinking water in the home a component of Care Kenya’s Nyanza Healthy Water Project. Best Practices using Indigenous knowledge- Africa 2003:30-7.
Rangel JM, Lopez B, A MM, Mendoza C, Luby S. A novel technology to improve drinking water quality: A microbiological evaluation of in-home flocculation and chlorination in rural GuatemalaExternal
Thevos A, Olsen S, Rangel J, Kaona F, Tembo M, Quick R. Social marketing and motivational interviewing as community interventions for safe water behaviors: follow-up surveys in Zambia. Int’l Quarterly of Community Health Education 2003;21:51-65.
Macy JT, Quick R. World Spotlight: A household-based water quality intervention for the developing world.External
Quick RE, Kimura A, Thevos A, Tembo M, Shamputa I, Hutwagner L, Mintz E. Diarrhea prevention through household-level water disinfection and safe storage in Zambia.External
Reller ME, Mong YJ, Hoekstra RM, Quick RE. Cholera prevention with traditional and novel water treatment methods: an outbreak investigation in Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar.External
Wu FM, Beuchat LR, Doyle MP, Mintz ED, Wells JG, Swaminathan B. Survival and growth of Shigella flexneri, Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis, and Vibrio cholerae O1 in reconstituted infant formula.External
Dunne EF, Angoran-Bénié H, Kamelan-Tano A, Sibailly TS, Monga BB, Kouadio L, Roels TH, Wiktor SZ, Lackritz EM, Mintz ED, Luby S. Is drinking water in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, safe for infant formula?External
Dunston C, McAfee D, Kaiser R, Rakotoarison D, Rambeloson L, Hoang AT, Quick RE. Collaboration, cholera, and cyclones: a project to improve point-of-use water quality in Madagascar.External
Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Raza A, Sobel J, Mintz ED, Baier K, Hoekstra RM, Rahbar MH, Hassan R, Qureshi SM, Gangarosa EJ. Microbiologic effectiveness of handwashing with soap in an urban squatter settlement, Karachi, PakistanExternal
Luby S, Agboatwalla M, Raza A, Sobel J, Mintz E, Baier K, Rahbar M, Qureshi S, Hassan R, Ghouri F, Hoekstra RM, Gangarosa E. A low-cost intervention for cleaner drinking water in Karachi, Pakistan.External
Makutsa P, Nzaku K, Ogutu P, Barasa P, Ombeki S, Mwaki A, Quick RE. Challenges in implementing a point-of-use water quality intervention in rural Kenya.External
Mintz E, Bartram J, Lochery P, Wegelin M. Not just a drop in the bucket: expanding access to point-of-use water treatment systems.External
Mintz ED, Quick R, Sobel J, Luby S, Daniels N, Tauxe R. The CDC safe water system: A working strategy for waterborne disease prevention in developing countries. Atlanta, Georgia: CDC Care USA;2001.
Mong Y, Kaiser R, Ibrahim D, Rasoatiana, Razafimbololona L, Quick RE. Impact of the safe water system on water quality in cyclone-affected communities in Madagascar.External
Ogutu P, Garrett V, Barasa P, Ombeki S, Mwaki A, Quick RE. Seeking safe storage: a comparison of drinking water quality in clay and plastic vessels.External
Reller M, Mong Y, Hoekstra R, Quick R. Cholera prevention with traditional and novel water treatment methods: An outbreak investigation in Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar.External
Roberts L, Chartier Y, Chartier O, Malenga G, Toole M, Rodka H. Keeping clean water clean in a Malawi refugee camp: a randomized intervention trial.External
Thevos AK, Kaona FA, Siajunza MT, Quick RE. Adoption of safe water behaviors in Zambia: comparing educational and motivational approaches.External
Thevos A, Quick R, Yanduli V. Motivational interviewing enhances the adoption of water disinfection practices in Zambia. Health Promotion International 2000;15:207-14.
Daniels NA, Simons SL, Rodrigues A, Gunnlaugsson G, Forster TS, Wells JG, Hutwagner L, Tauxe RV, Mintz ED. First do no harm: making oral rehydration solution safer in a cholera epidemic.External
Gunnlaugsson G, Angulo FJ, Einarsdottir J, Passa A, Tauxe RV. Epidemic Cholera in Guinea- Bissau: The Challenge of Preventing Deaths in Rural West AfricaExternal
Shapiro RL, Otieno MR, Adcock PM, Phillips-Howard PA, Hawley WA, Kumar L, Waiyaki P, Nahlen BL, Slutsker L. Transmission of epidemic Vibrio Cholerae 01 in rural Western Kenya associated with drinking water from Lake VictoriaExternal
Quick RE, Venczel LV, Mintz ED, Soleto L, Aparicio J, Gironaz M, Hutwagner L, Greene K, Bopp C, Maloney K, Chavez D, Sobsey M, Tauxe RV. Diarrhoea prevention in Bolivia through point-of-use water treatment and safe storage: a promising new strategy.External
Gunnlaugsson G, Einarsdottir J, Angulo FJ, Mentambanar SA, Passa A, Tauxe RV. Funerals during the 1994 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: The need for disinfection of bodies of persons dying of choleraExternal
Macy JT, Quick RE. Evaluation of a novel drinking water treatment and storage intervention in Nicaragua.External
Rowe AK, Angulo F, Roberts L, Tauxe R. Chlorinating well water with liquid bleach was not an effective water disinfection strategy in Guinea-Bissau Cdc-pdf
Semenza JC, Roberts L, Henderson A, Bogan J, Rubin CH. Water distribution system and diarrheal disease transmission: a case study in Uzbekistan.External
Sobel J, Mahon B, Mendoza CE, Passaro D, Cano F, Baier K, Racioppi F, Hutwagner L, Mintz E. Reduction of fecal contamination of street-vended beverages in Guatemala by a simple system for water purification and storage, handwashing, and beverage storage.External
Quick RE, Venczel LV, González O, Mintz ED, Highsmith AK, Espada A, Damiani E, Bean NH, De Hannover EH, Tauxe RV. Narrow-mouthed water storage vessels and in situ chlorination in a Bolivian community: a simple method to improve drinking water quality.External
Reiff FM, Roses M, Venczel L, Quick R, Witt VM. Low-cost safe water for the world: a practical interim solution.External
Mintz ED, Reiff FM, Tauxe RV. Safe water treatment and storage in the home. A practical new strategy to prevent waterborne disease.External
Tauxe RV, Mintz ED, Quick RE. Epidemic cholera in the new world: translating field epidemiology into new prevention strategies.External
Swerdlow DL, Mintz ED, Rodriguez M, Tejada E, Ocampo C, Espejo L, Greene KD, Saldana W, Seminario L, Tauxe RV, et al. Waterborne transmission of epidemic cholera in Trujillo, Peru: lessons for a continent at risk.External