Microbiology of waterborne diseases
By: Steven Percival...[et al.]
Contributors: Percival, Steven L.
Publisher: Elsevier; Academic Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
Subjects: Waterborne infection.; Epidemiology.; Medical microbiology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Introduction. Risk assessment and drinking water; title: pt. 2. Bacteriology. Acinetobacter; title: Aeromonas; title: Arcobacter; title: Campylobacter; title: Cyanobacteria; title: Escherichia coli; title: Helicobacter pylori; title: Other heterotrophic plate count bacteria (Flavobacterium, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas, Serratia, Staphylococcus); title: Legionella; title: The Mycobacterium avium complex; title: Salmonella; title: Shigella; title: Vibrio cholerae; title: Yersinia; title: pt. 3. Protozoa. Acanthamoeba spp.; title: Balantidium coli; title: Cryptosporidium spp.; title: Cyclospora cayetanensis; title: Entamoeba histolytica; title: Giardia duodenalis; title: Naegleria fowleri; title: Toxoplasma gondii; title: pt. 4. Viruses. Common themes; title: The survival and persistence of viruses in water; title: Methods for the detection of waterborne viruses; title: Adenovirus; title: Astrovirus; title: Enterovirus (poliovirus, coxsackievirus, echovirus); title: Hepatitis A virus (HAV); title: Hepatitis E. virus (HEV); title: Norovirus and sapovirus; title: Rotavirus; title: pt. 5. Helminths. Dracunculiasis; title: Pt. 6. Future. Emerging waterborne infectious diseases.