{"id":1914,"date":"2023-11-01T19:45:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T19:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/uscseagrant\/?page_id=1914"},"modified":"2023-11-10T19:07:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:07:15","slug":"safe-to-surf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/safe-to-surf\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe to Surf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          The ocean is an important source of transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to humans\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Antibiotic resistance bacteria (ARB) jeopardize our ability to effectively treat bacterial infections and associated diseases. According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 2 million people each year in the U.S. get an antibiotic-resistant infection. The marine environment plays an increasingly important role in disseminating ARB, particularly through stormwater runoff into recreational waters where beachgoers can become exposed to pathogens. University of Southern California (USC) Sea Grant funded a study to better understand the marine environment\u2019s role in transmitting ARB\u2014specifically methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)\u2014to humans. Surfers are an ideal population to study this phenomenon because they are particularly active in recreational waters during periods of high volumes of stormwater runoff (storms mean good surf).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3><b>Key Results<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surfers are two times more likely to be colonized by MRSA than non-surfers and six times more likely to be colonized by MRSA during rainy weather<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surfers are eight times more likely to be colonized by MRSA during the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rains of the season (due to larger, built-up quantities of bacteria and other pollutants)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Particularly high concentrations of MRSA occur at El Porto and Venice Beach after it rains due to stormwater runoff<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Project Impacts &amp; Application:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project team presented at the Global Wave Conference at the Gold Coast Campus Southern Cross University, Australia; AGU Annual Meetings; and gave a Bruin Family Weekend Keynote Presentation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provided social media education through non-profit partners Heal the Bay and The Surfrider Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaboration with a local middle school led to the development of new curricular material on coastal antibiotic resistance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Principal Investigator:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jennifer Jay, Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Funding: <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOAA, 2018-2020; 2022-2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Additional Info and Publications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ioes.ucla.edu\/project\/antibiotic-resistance-in-southern-california-surfers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antibiotic Resistance in Southern California Surfers &#8211; PI UCLA Project Page<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jay,<\/strong> J.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &amp; Rugh, M. (<\/span><b>2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Prevalence of MRSA Colonization in Surfers Following Exposure in Select Southern California Coastal Waters. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ioes.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/UCLA-IoES-Practicum-Surfrider-Surfer-Antibiotic-Resistance-Final-Report-2019.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.ioes.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/UCLA-IoES-Practicum-Surfrider-Surfer-Antibiotic-Resistance-Final-Report-2019.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"\/uscseagrant\/publications-database\/\">Access our Publications Database to view publications from this project or other related topics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n                                \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--photo-wall \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--photo-wall\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"photos-container\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"grid-sizer\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"gutter-sizer\"><\/div>\n\n      \n                                                              \n                <div class=\"photo\">\n\n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Funded-Project_Safe-to-Surf_Image-1-540x0-c-default.png\"\n                    \n        \n                  alt=\"USC Sea Grant Funded Researcher Jay swabbing the nose of a surfer to test for antibiotic resistant bacteria\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"photo\">\n\n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Funded-Project_Safe-to-Surf_Image-2-540x0-c-default.png\"\n                    \n        \n                  alt=\"USC Sea Grant Funded Researcher Jay swabbing the nose of a surfer to test for antibiotic resistant bacteria\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"photo\">\n\n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Funded-Project_Safe-to-Surf_Image-4-540x0-c-default.jpeg\"\n                    \n        \n                  alt=\"USC Sea Grant Funded Researcher Jay swabbing the nose of a surfer to test for antibiotic resistant bacteria\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"photo\">\n\n            \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/11\/Funded-Project_Safe-to-Surf_Image-3-540x0-c-default.jpeg\"\n                    \n        \n                  alt=\"Nick Sadrpour, previous USC Sea Grant employee and surfer, getting tested for antibiotic resistant bacteria\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                      <\/div>\n      \n      <\/div>\n\n                          \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-content-detail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1914","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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