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Waterborne zoonoses : identification, causes, and control / edited by J.A. Cotruvo [and others].

Published
London : IWA Pub., 2004.
Physical Description
xvii, 506 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Cotruvo, Joseph A. and World Health Organization
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Expert consensus. Expert consensus: expert meeting group report -- An introduction to emerging waterborne zoonoses and general control principles. Emerging zoonotic diseases and water. What are the criteria for determining whether a disease is zoonotic and water related? Impacts of anthropogenic and environmental factors on the distribution of zoonoses. The control envelope and risk management -- Water-related zoonosis disease impacts--geographical prevalence. Tropical organisms in Asia/Africa/South America. Incidence of the major zoonotic diseases transmitted by water in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Waterborne outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens in the USA. Symptoms, treatments, and health consequences of waterborne zoonotic diseases -- Epidemiological data, case-studies and outbreaks. Epidemiological studies and surveillance. Zoonoses in Scotland--food, water, or contact? Potential public health risk of Campylobacter and other zoonotic waterborne infections in New Zealand -- Categories of waterborne disease organisms. Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli and other diarrhoeagenic E. coli. Salmonella and other enteric organisms. Prospects of waterborne viral zoonoses. Waterborne zoonotic protozoa. Cyclosporiasis. Major helminth zoonoses in water. Human fascioliasis. Leptospirosis and other potential zoonoses in water -- Analysis of zoonotic microogranisms. Managing risk of waterborne zoonotic disease through water quality surveillance. Faecal source identification. Rapid methods for the detection and enumeration of microorganisms in water -- Prevention and control of waterborne zoonoses. Control of zoonotic waterborne pathogens in animal reservoirs. Control of zoonotic pathogens in animal wastes. Control of zoonotic diseases in drinking-water -- Risk assessment and regulation. A regulatory perspective on zoonotic pathogens in water. The Stockholm framework for guidelines for microbial contaminants in drinking-water. Quantitative microbial risk assessment issues -- Future emerging waterborne zoonoses. Waterborne zoonoses: emerging pathogens and emerging patterns of infection.
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1843390582
9241562730 (WHO)
Note
Developed from a workshop.
Published on behalf of the World Health Organization.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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