Microbiology of Waterborne Diseases: Microbiological Aspects and Risks
Language: English
Published by Academic Press, 2013
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- Title
- Microbiology of Waterborne Diseases: Microbiological Aspects and Risks
- Author
- Steven Percival
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0124158463
- ISBN 13
- 9780124158467
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
The second edition of Microbiology of Waterborne Diseases describes the diseases associated with water, their causative agents and the ways in which they gain access to water systems. The book is divided into sections covering bacteria, protozoa, and viruses. Other sections detail methods for detecting and identifying waterborne microorganisms, and the ways in which they are removed from water, including chlorine, ozone, and ultraviolet disinfection.
The second edition of this handbook has been updated with information on biofilms and antimicrobial resistance. The impact of global warming and climate change phenomena on waterborne illnesses are also discussed. This book serves 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.
- Focuses on the microorganisms of most significance to public health, including E. coli, cryptosporidium, and enterovirus
- Highlights the basic microbiology, clinical features, survival in the environment, and gives a risk assessment for each pathogen
- Contains new material on antimicrobial resistance and biofilms
- Covers drinking water and both marine and freshwater recreational bathing waters
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Microbiology of Waterborne Diseases provides fully updated and completely revised information on the diseases associated with water, the pathogens that cause them, and the ways in which they gain access to water systems and prospects for control. New sections in each pathogen-specific chapter cover antimicrobial resistance and evidence in biofilms, and a new section fully details classic and emerging methods for control. Epidemiology, the impact of global warming and recreational waterborne diseases are also discussed and a new author team composed of world-renown experts has been put into place. This reference will continue to serve as an indispensable reference for microbiologists, public health officials, water and wastewater treatment professionals, environmental health officers, and students in the infectious disease fields.
The 2nd edition of this comprehensive text provides an in-depth account of all aspects of water. M.Methods for detecting waterborne microorganisms and how they are identified are described, along with the survival of disease-causing organisms, ways in which they are removed from water, and the risks they present to water users.
Waterborne diseases, specifically those caused by unsafe drinking water, present a serious global health threat. Understanding the pathogens that cause these diseases can lead to better forms of prevention and control.
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