Microbiology of waterborne diseases /

"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 risk...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Percival, Steven L. (Autor), Chalmers, Rachel (Autor), Hunter, Paul R. (Autor), Sellwood, Jane (Autor), Wyn-Jones, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, �2004.
Temas:
Waterborne infection.
Epidemiology.
Medical microbiology.
Water > Microbiology.
Water Microbiology
Waterborne Diseases
Epidemiology
Water Pollution > adverse effects
Infection d'origine hydrique.
�Epid�emiologie.
Microbiologie m�edicale.
Eau > Microbiologie.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Internet Resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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