Drinking water and infectious disease : establishing the links /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Other Authors:	Hunter, Paul R., Waite, Mike, Ronchi, Elettra
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton : London : CRC Press ; IWA Pub., [2003]
Subjects:	Water Microbiology > Congresses. Water Supply > analysis > Congresses. Communicable Diseases > epidemiology > Congresses. Disease Outbreaks > Congresses.

Table of Contents:

Sect. 1. Surveillance of waterborne disease
Principles and components of surveillance systems
Local surveillance systems
Developing an integrated system of health and technical data
National surveillance systems
International surveillance
Sect. 2. Investigation of outbreaks of waterborne disease
A systems approach to the investigation and control of waterborne outbreaks
Early detection of water-related disease outbreaks
Microbiology and the investigation of waterborne outbreaks: typing of Norwalk-like virus
Microbiology and the investigation of waterborne outbreaks: the use of Cryptosporidium typing in the investigation of waterborne disease
Engineering considerations in the investigation of waterborne outbreaks
Causes of waterborne outbreaks reported in the United States, 1991-1998
Cryptosporidium in England and Whales
Sect. 3. Investigation of sporadic waterborne disease
Using existing surveillance-based data
Geographical information systems
Time series analyses
Seroepidemiology
Case-control studies
Prospective epidemiological studies
Intervention studies
Prospective studies of endemic waterborne disease in developing countries