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- English
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Waterborne Diseases in the US
About this book
This book examines, in both a current and historical context, water-related illness in the U.S. Emphasis is placed upon the transmission of infectious diseases through contaminated drinking water supplies and those deficiencies in water supply systems which allow waterborne outbreaks to occur. Chapters have been included on the important etiologic agents responsible for waterborne outbreaks in the U.S., surveillance activities, regulations, water treatment to prevent the occurrence of waterborne outbreaks and procedures for investigating waterborne outbreaks. For completeness, discussion have been included on illnesses contracted by ingestion of contact with waters for bathing , swimming, or wading and chronic ingestion of low levels of chemical contaminants in drinking water; however, because of space limitations there are necessarily brief, and the reader is directed toward the provided references, which discuss these subjects in more depth.
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Index
INDEX
A
Acidity, water supply, 50
Acrylamide, 47
Acute chemical poisonings
cases, number of, 75, 94—95, 107—111, 124—125, 132
clinical and epidemiological features, 13—14, 19
deaths from, 87, 89—91
engineering aspects of investigating outbreaks of, 217—218, 224
etiologic agents, 93—96, 124—125, 148—149, 153—155, 163—166
outbreaks, number of, 124—125, 132
physical causes, 4—5, 132, 135, 137, 148—149
seasonal occurrence, 99, 101
Acute gastroenteritis, 75, 91—93, 96—97, 108—114
Adenoviruses, 27
AD-EVA broth, 199
Adipates, 47
AD MPN multitube method, 198—199
Aerobic colony test, see also Standard plate count test, 46, 172, 180
Aeromonas
hydrophila, 31—32, 34
sobria, 34
sp. (aeromonads), 32, 34, 38, 204—205
Aeromonas membrane agar, 206—207
Aeromonas septicemia, 32—33
Agar test methods, 196—203, 205—207
Age group-determined incidence rate, 185—186
Agents, see Etiologic agents; specific agents by name
Airborne causes, water-related illnesses, 7—8
Alachlor, 47
Aldicarb, 47
Algae, 7—9
Alkalinity, water, 51
Alpha-particle activity, 8, 46—47
Alum coagulation, 260—261, 263
Alum-coated diatomaceous earth, 266, 268
Aluminum, 47
Aluminum hydroxide, 266
Aluminum salts, 260, 268
Aluminum sulfate, 260
Amebiasis
cases, number of, 94—96, 105, 107, 109—110, 122
clinical and epidemiological features, 14, 18
deaths from, 87—88, 90—91, 105
etiologic agents, 94—96, 105
Amebic dysentery, 105
Amebic meningoencephalitis, 36—37
Amides, 48
Amines, 48—49
Amphibole asbestos, 5...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- SECTION I: WATERBORNE DISEASES
- SECTION II: WATERBORNE OUTBREAK STATISTICS
- SECTION III: INVESTIGATION OF WATERBORNE OUTBREAKS
- SECTION IV: PREVENTION OF WATERBORNE OUTBREAKS
- Index