Relevant Publications

Altherr AM, Mosler HJ, Tobias R, Butera F. Attitudinal and relational factors predicting the use of solar water disinfection: a field study in Nicaragua. Health Educ Behav. 2008 Apr;35(2):207-20. Epub 2006 Nov 17

C. Navntoft, E. Ubomba-Jaswa, K.G. McGuigan, P. Fernández-Ibáñez. Effectiveness of solar disinfection using batch reactors with non-imaging aluminium reflectors under real conditions: Natural well-water and solar light. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. 2008;74(10):2997-3001

Graf J, Meierhofer R, Wegelin M, Mosler HJ.Water disinfection and hygiene behaviour in an urban slum in Kenya: impact on childhood diarrhoea and influence of beliefs. Int J Environ Health Res. 2008 Oct;18(5):335-55.

Sharon Murinda, Silvie Kraemer. The potential of solar water disinfection as a household water treatment method in peri-urban Zimbabwe. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (2008), doi: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.025.

Heri S, Mosler HJ. Factors affecting the diffusion of solar water disinfection: a field study in Bolivia. Health Educ Behav. 2008 Aug;35(4):541-60.

E Ubomba-Jaswa, MAR Boyle, KG McGuigan. Inactivation of enteropathogenic E. coli by solar disinfection (SODIS) under simulated sunlight conditions. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 101 (2008) 012003 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/101/1/012003.

M. Boyle, C. Sichel, P. Fernández-Ibañez, G. B. Arias-Quiroz, M. Iriarte-Puña, A. Mercado, E. Ubomba-Jaswa, K.G. McGuigan. Bactericidal effect of solar water disinfection under real sunlight conditions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2008 74:10; 2997–3001.

Fisher MB, Keenan CR, Nelson KL, Voelker BM. Speeding up solar disinfection (SODIS): effects of hydrogen peroxide, temperature, pH, and copper plus ascorbate on the photoinactivation of E. coli. J Water Health. 2008 Mar;6(1):35-51.

Patrick S.M. Dunlop, Trudy A. McMurray, Jeremy W.J. Hamilton, J. Anthony Byrne. Photocatalytic inactivation of Clostridium perfringens spores on TiO2 electrodes. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 196 (2008) 113–119.

C. Sichel, J. Blanco, S. Malato, P. Fernández-Ibáñez “Effects of experimental conditions on E. coli survival during solar photocatalytic water disinfection” J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2007;189:239-246.

C. Sichel, P. Fernández-Ibáñez, J. Blanco, S. Malato “Solar photocatalytic disinfection of agricultural pathogenic fungi: Fusarium species” Applied Catalysis B: Environ. 2007;74:152-160.

C. Sichel, J. Tello, J. Blanco, S. Malato, P. Fernandez-Ibañez* Effect of UV- intensity and Dose on the Photoactalytic Disinfection of Bacteria and Fungi under natural sunlight Catalysis Today, 2007;129:152-160.

Clasen T, Haller L, Walker D, Bartram J, Cairncross S. Cost-effectiveness of water quality interventions for preventing diarrhoeal disease in developing countries. Journal of Water and Health 2007;5(4): 599-608.

Méndez-Hermida F, Ares-Mazás E, McGuigan KG, Boyle M, Sichel C, Fernández-Ibáñez P. Disinfection of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in drinking water using natural sunlight and the photocatalyst TiO2. J Photochem Photobiol B. 2007;88: 105-111. PMID: 17624798

Al Touati F, Cassidy J*, McGuigan KG. A novel TiO2/PVC layer for use in a photoelectrochemical cell. Sol Energy Mater Sol Cells. 2007;91:740-744.

Al Touati F, McGuigan KG, Cassidy J*. An experiment using a simple photoassisted fuel cell designed to remediate simulated wastewater. J Chem Ed 2007;84(2): 299-302.

Berney, M., F. Hammes, F. Bosshard, H. U. Weilenmann, and T. Egli. 2007. Assessment and interpretation of bacterial viability by using the LIVE/DEAD BacLight Kit in combination with flow cytometry. Appl Environ Microbiol 73:3283-90.

Berney, M., H. U. Weilenmann, and T. Egli. 2007. Adaptation to UVA radiation of E. coli growing in continuous culture. J Photochem Photobiol B 86:149-59.

Altherr AM, Mosler HJ, Tobias R, Butera F. Attitudinal and Relational Factors Predicting the Use of Solar Water Disinfection: A Field Study in Nicaragua. Health Educ Behav. 2006 Nov 17; [Epub ahead of print]

Gelover S, Gómez LA, Reyes K, Teresa Leal M. A practical demonstration of water disinfection using TiO2 films and sunlight.Water Res. 2006 Oct;40(17):3274-80. Epub 2006 Sep 1. Water Res. 2006 Oct;40(17):3274-80. Epub 2006 Sep 1.

Heaselgrave W, Patel N, Kehoe SC, Kilvington S, McGuigan KG*. Solar disinfection of poliovirus and Acanthamoeba polyphaga cysts in water - a laboratory study using simulated sunlight. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2006;43(2):125-130. PubMed I.D. 16869893

McGuigan KG*, Méndez-Hermida F, Castro-Hermida JA, Ares-Mazás E, Kehoe SC, Boyle M, Sichel C, Fernández-Ibáñez P, Meyer BP, Ramalingham S, Meyer EA. Batch solar disinfection (SODIS) inactivates oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum and cysts of Giardia muris in drinking water. J Appl Microbiol. 2006;101(2):453-463. PubMed I.D. 16882154

Berney, M., H. U. Weilenmann, and T. Egli. 2006. Flow-cytometric study of vital cellular functions in Escherichia coli during solar disinfection (SODIS). Microbiology 152:1719-29.

Heaselgrave, W., N. Patel, S. Kilvington, S. C. Kehoe, and K. G. McGuigan. (2006). Solar disinfection of poliovirus and Acanthamoeba polyphaga cysts in water - a laboratory study using simulated sunlight. Lett Appl Microbiol 43:125-30. Berney, M., H. U. Weilenmann, and T. Egli. 2006. Gene expression of Escherichia coli in continuous culture during adaptation to artificial sunlight. Environ Microbiol 8:1635-47.

Berney, M., H. U. Weilenmann, J. Ihssen, C. Bassin, and T. Egli. 2006. Specific growth rate determines the sensitivity of Escherichia coli to thermal, UVA, and solar disinfection. Appl Environ Microbiol 72:2586-93.

Berney, M., H. U. Weilenmann, A. Simonetti, and T. Egli. 2006. Efficacy of solar disinfection of Escherichia coli, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella Typhimurium and Vibrio cholerae. J Appl Microbiol 101:828-36.

Mani SK, Kanjur R, Bright Singh IS, Reed RH. Comparative effectiveness of solar disinfection using small-scale batch reactors with reflective, absorptive and transmissive rear surfaces. Water Res. 2006 Feb;40(4):721-7.

Méndez-Hermida F, Castro-Hermida JA, Ares-Mazás E, Kehoe SC, McGuigan KG. Effect of batch process solar disinfection (SODIS) on the survival of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in drinking water. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005;71(3):1653-4.

Lonnen J, Kilvington S, Kehoe SC, Al Touati F, McGuigan KG. Solar and photocatalytic disinfection of protozoan, fungal and bacterial microbes in drinking water. Water Research. 2005;39(5):877-883.

Lonnen, J., S. Kilvington, S. C. Kehoe, F. Al-Touati, and K. G. McGuigan. (2005). Solar and photocatalytic disinfection of protozoan, fungal and bacterial microbes in drinking water. Water Res 39:877-8

Borazjani, R.N. & Kilvington, S. (2005). Efficacy of multipurpose solutions against Acanthamoeba species. Cont Lens Anterior Eye 28, 169-75.

Borazjani, R. N. and S. Kilvington. (2005). Effect of a multipurpose contact lens solution on the survival and binding of Acanthamoeba species on contact lenses examined with a no-rub regimen. Eye Contact Lens 31:39-45.

Rainey RC, Harding AK. Acceptability of solar disinfection of drinking water treatment in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Int J Environ Health Res. 2005 Oct;15(5):361-72. PMID: 16416753

Duffy EF, Al Touati F, Kehoe SC, McLoughlin OA, Gill L, Gernjak W, Oller I, Maldonado MI, Malato S, Cassidy J, Reed RH, McGuigan KG. A novel TiO2-assisted solar photocatalytic batch-process disinfection reactor for the treatment of biological and chemical contaminants in domestic drinking water in developing countries. Solar Energy 2004;77(5):649-655.

McLoughlin OA, Kehoe SC, McGuigan KG, Duffy EF, Al Touati F, Gernjak W, Oller I, Malato S, Gill LW . Solar disinfection of contaminated water: a comparison of three small-scale reactors. Solar Energy 2004;77(5):657-664.

Kehoe SC , Barer MR, Devlin L, McGuigan KG. Batch process solar disinfection is an efficient means of disinfecting drinking water contaminated with Shigella dysenteriae Type I. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2004;38(5):410-414.

Kilvington, S., T. Gray, J. Dart, N. Morlet, J. R. Beeching, D. G. Frazer, and M. Matheson. 2004. Acanthamoeba keratitis: the role of domestic tap water contamination in the United Kingdom. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 45:165-9.

McGuigan KG, Kehoe SC. "Cooking the Waste", Commentary on "Solar Disinfection of Infectious Biomedical Waste: A New Approach For Developing Countries" by V.

Conroy RM , Elmore-Meegan M, Joyce TM, McGuigan KG, Barnes J. Use of solar disinfection protects children under 6 years from cholera. Arch Dis Child, 2001:85, 293-295.

Wegelin M , Canonica A, Alder A, Suter M, Bucheli TD, Haefliger OP, Zenobi R, McGuigan KG, Kelly MT, Ibrahim P, Larroque M. Does sunlight change the material and content of PET bottles? J Water SRT - Aqua 2001;50,125-135.

Kehoe SC, Joyce TM, Ibrahim P, Gillespie JB, Shahar RA, McGuigan KG. Effect of agitation, turbidity, aluminium foil reflectors and volume on inactivation efficiency of batch-process solar disinfectors. Water Research 2001;35(4):1061-1065.

Smith RJ , Kehoe SC, McGuigan KG, Barer MR. Effects of simulated solar disinfection on infectivity of Salmonella typhimurium. Lett Appl Microbiol 2000; 31(4):284-288.

Conroy RM , Elmore-Meegan M, Joyce TM, McGuigan KG, Barnes J. Use of sunlight to reduce risk of diarrhoeal disease in Maasai children. An update. Arch Dis Child, 1999; 81: 337-338.

McGuigan KG, Joyce TM, Conroy RM, Gillespie JB, Elmore-Meegan M. Solar disinfection of drinking water contained in transparent plastic bottles: characterizing the bacterial inactivation process. J Appl Microbiol 1998;84(6):1138-1148.

Sommer B., Mariño A., Solarte Y., Salas M.L., Dierolf C., Valiente C., Mora D., Rechsteiner R., Setter P., Wirojanagud W., Ajarmeh H., Al-Hassan A., Wegelin M. (1997),SODIS - an emerging water treatment process, J Water SRT, Aqua Vol. 46, No. 3

Conroy RM , Elmore-Meegan M, Joyce TM, McGuigan KG, Barnes J. Solar disinfection of drinking water and incidence of diarrhoea in Maasai children: a controlled field trial. Lancet 1996;348:1695-97.

Joyce TM, McGuigan KG, Elmore-Meegan M, Conroy RM. Inactivation of faecal bacteria in drinking water by solar heating. Appl Environ Microbiol 1996;62(2):399-402.

Joyce TM, McGuigan KG, Elmore-Meegan M, Conroy RM. Inactivation of faecal bacteria in drinking water by solar heating. Appl Environ Microbiol 1996;62(2):399-402.

Joyce TM, McGuigan KG, Elmore-Meegan M, Conroy RM. Prevalence of enteropathogens in stools of rural Maasai children under five years of age in the Maasailand region of the Kenyan Rift Valley..E Afr Med J 1996;73:59-62

Wegelin M., Canonica S., Mechsner K., Fleischmann T., Pesaro F., Metzler A. (1994).Solar Water Disinfection: Scope of the Process and Analysis of Radiation Experiments, J Water SRT, Aqua Vol. 43, No. 4, pp 154-169

Joyce T, Kenny V, McGuigan KG, Barnes J. Disinfection of water by sunlight. The Lancet, 1992; 340: 921.