Authors:J. Bartram, J. Cotruvo, A. Dufour, S. Pedley, G.
Publisher: World Health Organizatio
Keywords: consequences, monitoring, management, health, public, mycobacteria, water, guide, pathogenic
Number of Pages: 259
Published: 2004-09-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9241562595
ISBN-13: 9789241562591

Environmental mycobacteria can be found in diverse environments around the world and most appear to exhibit a saprophytic lifestyle. However, some have the ability to infect animals, birds and humans, and have evolved mechanisms by which they can invade and grow within host cells: the pathogenic environmental mycobacteria (PEM). Although the diseases caused by these organisms have been known for many years, it is only recently that the potential significance of PEM as a waterborne pathogen has been appreciated. Pathogenic Mycobacteria in Water describes the current knowledge of the distributio

Authors:Bartram, J. Bartram, J. Cotruvo,
Publisher: IWA Publishing (Intl Water Assoc)
Keywords: water, issues, emerging, amp, infectious, disease, counts, plate, drinking, safety, signi, heterotrophic, hpc
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2003-01
List price: $114.00
ISBN-10: 1843390256
ISBN-13: 9781843390251

Heterotrophic Plate Counts and Drinking-water Safety provides a critical assessment of the role of the Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC) measurement in drinking water quality management. It was developed from an Expert workshop of 32 scientists convened by the World Health Organization and the WHO/NSF International Collaborating Centre for Drinking Water Safety and Treatment in Geneva, Switzerland. The workshop sponsors were the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health Canada, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Waterworks Association Research Foundation. Hetero