| Description |
vii, 480 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Introduction. Risk assessment and drinking water -- pt. 2. Bacteriology. Acinetobacter -- Aeromonas -- Arcobacter -- Campylobacter -- Cyanobacteria -- Escherichia coli -- Helicobacter pylori -- Other heterotrophic plate count bacteria (Flavobacterium, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas, Serratia, Staphylococcus) -- Legionella -- The Mycobacterium avium complex -- Salmonella -- Shigella -- Vibrio cholerae -- Yersinia -- pt. 3. Protozoa. Acanthamoeba spp. -- Balantidium coli -- Cryptosporidium spp. -- Cyclospora cayetanensis -- Entamoeba histolytica -- Giardia duodenalis -- Naegleria fowleri -- Toxoplasma gondii -- pt. 4. Viruses. Common themes -- The survival and persistence of viruses in water -- Methods for the detection of waterborne viruses -- Adenovirus -- Astrovirus -- Enterovirus (poliovirus, coxsackievirus, echovirus) -- Hepatitis A virus (HAV) -- Hepatitis E. virus (HEV) -- Norovirus and sapovirus -- Rotavirus -- pt. 5. Helminths. Dracunculiasis -- Pt. 6. Future. Emerging waterborne infectious diseases. |
| Subject |
Waterborne infection
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Epidemiology.
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Medical microbiology.
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| Added Author |
Percival, Steven L.
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| ISBN |
0125515707 (alk. paper) |
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