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. It contains in-depth accounts of the micro-organisms which are of significance to public health. It highlights the basic microbiology, clinical features, survival in the environment, and gives a risk assessment for each pathogen. It relates the pathogens to water pollution in a practical and research orientated way. It covers drinking water and both marine and freshwater recreational bathing waters.

Table of Contents

Introduction Risk assessment and drinking water Bacteriology Acinetobacter Aermonas Arcobacter Campylobacter Cyanobacteria E.coli Helicobacter pylori Other hetrotrophic plate count bacteria (Flavobacterium, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas, Serratia, Staphylococcus) Legionella The Mycobacterium avium complex Salmonella Shigella Vibrio cholerae Yersinia Protozoa Acanthamoeba Balantidium coli Cryptosporidium Cyclospora cayetanensis Cyclospora cayetanensis Entamoeba histolytica Giardia duodenalis Naelgeria Toxoplasma 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 Helminths Draunculiasis Future Emerging waterborne infectious diseases

About the Author

By Steven Percival, Martha Embrey, Dr. Paul Hunter, Rachel Chalmers, Dr. Jane Sellwood and Dr. Peter Wyn-Jones

Prizes

* In-depth accounts of the micro-organisms which are of significance to public health * Highlights the basic microbiology, clinical features, survival in the environment, and gives a risk assessment for each pathogen * Relates the pathogens to water pollution in a practical and research orientated way * Covers drinking water and both marine and freshwater recreational bathing waters

Reviews

"...highly recommended for academic, medical, and special libraries with relevant programs. The text is well-written and highly understandable, and presents an excellent summary of waterborne pathogens and their relevance to drinking water." - E-STREAMS (January 2005) "This multi-author book provides current knowledge on drinking water pathogens highlighting their microbiology, clinical features, survival in the environment and risk assessment.This book will serve as a reference material for public health microbiologists, water utility scientists, water pollution research microbiologists, environmental health officers, consultants in communicable disease control, and microbial water pollution students" - CAB Abstracts 2004