Waterborne Disease: Epidemiology and EcologyISBN: 978-0-471-96646-3
Hardcover
384 pages
December 1997
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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction viii
1 An Introduction to the Science and Art of Epidemiology 1
2 Water Supply and Distribution 17
3 Drinking Water and Waterborne Disease 27
4 Illness Associated with Recreational Contact with Water 42
5 Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Infestion) 52
6 Schistosomiasis 57
7 Giardiasis 68
8 Cryptosporidiosis 80
9 Cyclospora 91
10 Naegleria 93
11 Cyanobacteria 95
12 Cholera and Other Vibrios 103
13 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers and Other Salmonella Infections 116
14 Shigellosis (Bacillary Dysentery) 124
15 Campylobacteriosis 133
16 Escherichia coli 143
17 Yersinia Infections 151
18 Plesiomonas Infections 157
19 Aeromonas Infections 160
20 Pseudomonas Infections 165
21 Melioidosis 172
22 Legionnaire’s Disease 175
23 Leptospirosis 182
24 Mycobacterial Disease 189
25 Tularaemia 199
26 Heliocobacter Infections 202
27 Viral Hepatitis 206
28 Viral Gastroenteritis 222
29 Enterovirus Infections Including Poliomyelitis 232
30 Adenoviral Infections 240
31 Chemical Poisoning and Drinking Water 245
32 Cancer and Water 274
33 Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Water 293
References 301
Index 365