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Viruses, Amebas, and Nematodes and Public Water Supplies

Chang, Shih Lu

As waterborne bacterial diseases continue to decline and the bacteriologic quality of water supplies continues to improve, waterborne infectious hepatitis attracts more and more attention of public health and sanitary workers. Municipal water supplies are found to carry, not infrequently, live free‐living nematodes and amebic cysts. This study examines the literature and current research on these microbes to evaluate the public safeguards against municipally waterborne virus diseases and the provision of high quality public water supplies. The basic biologic characteristics of viruses, amebas, and nematodes are discussed, along with data on the number and extent of waterborne epidemics of infectious hepatitis reported in the U.S. and abroad.

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Viruses, Amebas, and Nematodes and Public Water Supplies

Chang, Shih Lu

As waterborne bacterial diseases continue to decline and the bacteriologic quality of water supplies continues to improve, waterborne infectious hepatitis attracts more and more attention of public health and sanitary workers. Municipal water supplies are found to carry, not infrequently, live free‐living nematodes and amebic cysts. This study examines the literature and current research on these microbes to evaluate the public safeguards against municipally waterborne virus diseases and the provision of high quality public water supplies. The basic biologic characteristics of viruses, amebas, and nematodes are discussed, along with data on the number and extent of waterborne epidemics of infectious hepatitis reported in the U.S. and abroad.

Viruses, Amebas, and Nematodes and Public Water Supplies

Chang, Shih Lu

As waterborne bacterial diseases continue to decline and the bacteriologic quality of water supplies continues to improve, waterborne infectious hepatitis attracts more and more attention of public health and sanitary workers. Municipal water supplies are found to carry, not infrequently, live free‐living nematodes and amebic cysts. This study examines the literature and current research on these microbes to evaluate the public safeguards against municipally waterborne virus diseases and the provision of high quality public water supplies. The basic biologic characteristics of viruses, amebas, and nematodes are discussed, along with data on the number and extent of waterborne epidemics of infectious hepatitis reported in the U.S. and abroad.

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Title:

Viruses, Amebas, and Nematodes and Public Water Supplies

Contributors:

Chang, Shih Lu (author)

Published in:

Journal ‐ American Water Works Association ; 53 ; 288-296

Publication date:

1961-03-01

Size:

9 pages

ISSN:

1551-8833 , 0003-150X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1551-8833.1961.tb00676.x

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Electronic Resource

Language:

English

Keywords:

Nematodes , Bacteria , Water Supply , Viruses , Waterborne Diseases , Public Health

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