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PATHOGENS IN DRINKING WATER - ARE THERE ANY NEW ONES?
Citation:
Reasoner, D. PATHOGENS IN DRINKING WATER - ARE THERE ANY NEW ONES? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-93/022 (NTIS PB93156081), 1991.
Description:
Since 1976 three newly recognized human pathogens have become familiar to the drinking water industry as waterborne disease agents. hese are: the legionnaires disease agent, Legionella pneumophila and related species; and two protozoan pathogens, Giardia lamblia and Cryfltosopridium parvum, both of which form highly disinfectant resistant cysts that are shed in the feces of infected individuals. he question frequently arises - are there other emerging waterborne pathogens that may pose a human health problem that the drinking water industry will have to deal with? his paper will review the current state of knowledge of the occurrence and incidence of pathogens and opportunistic pathogens other than Legionella, Giardia and Cryntosporidium in treated and untreated drinking water. acterial agents that will be reviewed include Aeromonoas, Pseudomonas, Campylobacter, Mvcobacterium, Yersinia and Plesiomonas. spects of detection of these agents including detection methods and feasibility of monitoring will be addressed.
