Microbiology of waterborne diseases
by
Percival, Steven L., author
Title
:
Microbiology of waterborne diseases
Author
:
Percival, Steven L., author
ISBN
:
9781423742487
9780080479415
9781281008329
Publication Information
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Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2004.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (vii, 480 pages)
Contents
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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.
Abstract
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"This comprehensive text describes the diseases associated with water, their causative agents and the ways in which they gain access to water systems. It also details the methods for detecting and identifying waterborne microorganisms, the ways in which they are removed from water, and the risks they present to water users. This handbook will serve as an indispensable reference for public health microbiologists, water utility scientists, research water pollution microbiologists environmental health officers, consultants in communicable disease control and microbial water pollution students. * In-depth accounts of the micro-organisms which are of significance to public health * Highlights the basic microbiology, clinical features, survival in the environment, and gives a risk assessment for each pathogen * Relates the pathogens to water pollution in a practical and research orientated way * Covers drinking water and both marine and freshwater recreational bathing waters."--Publisher's description.
Subject Term
:
Waterborne infection.
Epidemiology.
Medical microbiology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
Epidemiology. (OCoLC)fst00914091
Medical microbiology. (OCoLC)fst01014362
Waterborne infection. (OCoLC)fst01172522
Water Microbiology. (DNLM)D014871
Water Pollution -- adverse effects. (DNLM)D014876Q000009
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Percival, Steven L.,
Chalmers, Rachel,
Hunter, Paul R.,
Sellwood, Jane,
Wyn-Jones, Peter,
Electronic Access
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| Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Shelf Location | Holding Information |
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| RA642 .W3 M5 2004 | 1188439-1001 | Elsevier E-Book Collections | Elsevier E-Book Collections | |