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Title: PATHOGENS IN WATER

Author
item Thurston Enriquez, Jeanette

Submitted to: Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/1/2003
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: The transmission of microbial pathogens by water is a highly effective way of spreading infectious disease between large numbers of people. The book chapter, "Pathogens in Water" in "The Encyclopedia of Water Science" gives a brief discussion of water-associated diseases and related pathogens, with an emphasis on enteric pathogens. Factors involved in pathogen survival and transmission, water treatment effectiveness and routes of pathogen transmission are also briefly discussed.

Technical Abstract: The transmission of microbial pathogens by water is a highly effective way of spreading infectious disease between large numbers of people. The book chapter, "Pathogens in Water" in "The Encyclopedia of Water Science" gives a brief discussion of water-associated diseases and related pathogens, with an emphasis on enteric pathogens. Factors involved in pathogen survival and transmission, water treatment effectiveness and routes of pathogen transmission are also briefly discussed.