| arcobacter in lake erie beach waters: an emerging gastrointestinal pathogen linked with human-associated fecal contamination. | the genus arcobacter has been associated with human illness and fecal contamination by humans and animals. to better characterize the health risk posed by this emerging waterborne pathogen, we investigated the occurrence of arcobacter spp. in lake erie beach waters. during the summer of 2010, water samples were collected 35 times from the euclid, villa angela, and headlands (east and west) beaches, located along ohio's lake erie coast. after sample concentration, arcobacter was quantified by rea ... | 2012 | 22660704 |