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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Percival, Steven L. (Author), Chalmers, Rachel (Author), Hunter, Paul R. (Author), Sellwood, Jane (Author), Wyn-Jones, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, �2004.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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