Handbook of Water and Wastewater MicrobiologyDuncan Mara, Nigel J. Horan Elsevier, 7 ago 2003 - 832 pagine "Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right" --Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General Edited by two world-renowned scientists in the field, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology provides a definitive and comprehensive coverage of water and wastewater microbiology. With contributions from experts from around the world, this book gives a global perspective on the important issues faced in the provision of safe drinking water, the problems of dealing with aquatic pollution and the processes involved in wastewater management. Starting with an introductory chapter of basic microbiological principles, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology develops these principles further, ensuring that this is the essential text for process engineers with little microbiological experience and specialist microbiologists alike.
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... disease and about those that are healthy, and what bad things arise from water and what good things. For water contributes very much to health.' So our appreciation of a relationship between the water we use and our health has been with ...
... disease'. The most notorious of the caliciviruses causing gastrointestinal disease is the Norwalk agent, named after the Ohio town from which it was first recognized. It causes muscle pain, headache and nausea as well as profuse ...
... disease, are transmitted through direct contact with an infected host, by ingestion of contaminated food or water, or by the action of an intermediate host or disease vector. An example of a disease vector is a type of leafhopper, the ...
... disease, usually stated as cases per 10000 population per year. Mortality is the rate of deaths from the disease, also commonly stated in units of 100000 population per year. For most waterborne diseases the morbidity statistics are ...
... Disease Bacteria Infectious dose Characteristics Cholera Vibrio cholerae 106 Severe diarrhoea, dehydration ... disease. Although the disease can be contracted in other ways, by far the most common mode of transmission is ingestion of ...
Sommario
Part 2 Water and Excreta Related Diseases | 175 |
Part 3 Microbiology of Wastewater Treatment | 315 |
Part 4 Drinking Water Microbiology | 611 |
Useful Websites | 794 |
Index | 797 |