Microbiology of Waterborne Diseases - Microbiological Aspects and Risks

Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Waterborne Pathogens and Biofilms PART 2 BACTERIOLOGY Chapter 2 Acinetobacter Chapter 3  Aeromonas Chapter 4 Campylobacter Chapter 5  Cyanobacteria Chapter 6  Escherichia coli Chapter 7  Helicobacter pylori Chapter 8 Legionella Chapter 9 Mycobacterium avium complex Chapter 10 Salmonella Chapter 11 Shigella Chapter 12 Vibrio Chapter 13 Yersinia PART 3 PROTOZOA Chapter 14 Acanthamoeba Chapter 15 Balantidium Chapter 16 Cryptospridium Chapter 17 Cyclospora Chapter 18 Entamoeba Chapter 19 Giardia Chapter 20 Naegleria Chapter 21 Toxoplasma PART 4 VIRUSES Chapter 22 Methods to Detect Viruses Chapter 23 Adenovirus Chapter 24 Astrovirus Chapter 25 Enterovirus Chapter 26 Hepatitis Chapter 27 Norovirus Chapter 28 Rotavirus PART 5 CONTROL Chapter 29 Pathogen control in drinking water Chapter 30 Free and combined chlorine Chapter 31 Chlorine dioxide Chapter 32 Ozone disinfection Chapter 33 Ultraviolet Disinfection Chapter 34 Filtration methods PART 6 GLOBAL WARMING Chapter 35 The implications of global warming and Climate Change on waterborne diseases

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• Authors: Steven Percival, Steven L. Percival
• Assisted by: Rachel Chalmers (Editor), Nicholas Gray (Editor), Steven L Percival (Editor), Steven L. Percival (Editor), David Williams (Editor), Marylynn V Yates (Editor), Marylynn V. Yates (Editor)
• Publisher: Academic Press London
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.08.2013
• EAN: 9780124158467
• ISBN: 978-0-12-415846-7
• No. of pages: 550
• Series: Academic Press
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Microbiology (non-medical), Parasitology (non-medical), MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology, MEDICAL / Microbiology, Infectious & contagious diseases, Medical microbiology & virology, Infectious and contagious diseases, Medical microbiology and virology