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Wastewater and public health : bacterial and pharmaceutical exposures /

This compendium volume is an indispensable source of information on the ways in which wastewater can impact public health. The editor, a well-respected expert in his field, has collected the most recent and pertinent investigations into this serious issue. Included are studies involving: The presenc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Monsalvo, Victor M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakville, ON : Apple Academic Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; About the Editor; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Disease Exposure; Chapter 1: Inadequately Treated Wastewater as a Source of Human Enteric Viruses in the Environment; Chapter 2: Prevalence and Characterisation of Non-Cholerae Vibrio spp. in Final Effluents of Wastewater Treatment Facilities in Two Districts of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: Implications for Public Health; Chapter 3: Performance of the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant for Removal of Listeria monocytogenes; Part II: Antibiotic Resistance.
  • Chapter 4: Antibiotic Resistance and Prevalence of Class 1 and 2 Integrons in Escherichia coli Isolated from Two Wastewater Treatment Plants, and Their Receiving Waters (Gulf of Gdansk, Baltic Sea, Poland)Chapter 5: Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Bacterial Community Composition in a River Influenced by a Wastewater Treatment Plant; Chapter 6: Impact of Treated Wastewater Irrigation on Antibiotic Resistance in the Soil Microbiome; Chapter 7: Metagenomic Profiling of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Mobile Genetic Elements in a Tannery Wastewater Treatment Plant.
  • Chapter 8: A Comprehensive Insight into Tetracycline Resistant Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Activated Sludge Using Next-Generation SequencingChapter 9: Detection of 140 Clinically Relevant Antibiotic-Resistance Genes in the Plasmid Metagenome of Wastewater Treatment Plant Bacteria Showing Reduced Susceptibility to Selected Antibiotics; Part III: Pharmaceutical and Hormone Exposure; Chapter 10: Simultaneous Determination of 24 Antidepressant Drugs and Their Metabolites in Wastewater by Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry.
  • Chapter 11: Removal and Transformation of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Treatment Plants and Constructed WetlandsChapter 12: An Assessment of the Concentrations of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Wastewater Treatment Plants on the Island of Gran Canaria (Spain); Author Notes.