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BL
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693573
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b515762
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Pathogenic mycobacteria in water : : a guide to public health consequences, monitoring and management /\ edited by S. Pedley ... [et al.]
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| Publication Statement
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London, UK :: IWA Pub.,, 2004
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| Series Statement
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Emerging issues in water and infectious disease series
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xxii, 237 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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1843390590
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: 9241562595 (WHO)
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| 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
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-227) and index
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| Contents
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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
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Drinking water
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Water quality management
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Water-- Microbiology-- Technique
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Water Microbiology-- standards
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Water Supply-- analysis
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Water Supply-- standards
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Cost of Illness
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria-- pathogenicity
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Risk Assessment-- methods
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| Dewey Classification
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579.374165
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Bartram, Jamie
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Pedley, S
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World Health Organization
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