a guide to public health consequences, monitoring and management /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by S. Pedley ... [et al.]
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London, UK :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
IWA Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxii, 237 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Emerging issues in water and infectious disease series
GENERAL NOTES
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"Published on behalf of the World Health Organization."--T.p. verso
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Developed from the expert workshop held in Guildford, UK on 18-20 Sept., 2002 by the World Health Organization's Water, Sanitation and Health Office in collaboration with the US EPA Office of Research and Development
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-227) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Natural ecology and survival in water of mycobacteria of potential public health significance -- Environmental sources of Mycobacterium avium linked to routes of exposure -- Biology of waterborne pathogenic mycobacteria -- Analytical methods for the detection of waterborne and environmental pathogenic mycobacteria -- The Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis problem and its relation to the causation of Crohn disease -- Disseminated infection, cervical adenitis and other MAC infections -- Skin, bone and soft tissue infections -- Pulmonary infection in non-HIV infected individuals -- Disease resulting from contaminated equipment and invasive procedures -- Control, treatment and disinfection of Mycobacterium avium complex in drinking water -- Approaches to risk management in priority setting -- References -- Index