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Water microbiology. Bacterial pathogens and water. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2010
Water is essential to life, but many people do not have access to clean and safe drinking water and many die of waterborne bacterial infections. In this review a general characterization of the most important bacterial diseases transmitted through water—cholera, typhoid fever and bacillary dysentery—is presented, focusing on the biology and ecology of ...
Cabral JP.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Microbiological examination of sebeel water [PDF]

open access: bronzeApplied and Environmental Microbiology, 1982
Water samples from clay storage jugs ("zeers") located in homes and at public watering stands ("sebeels") at streets, mosques, and schools were examined. Coliforms, fecal coliforms, and fecal streptococci were detected in 100, 69, 88, and 91.56% of the samples, respectively.
Z H Hammad, Hamid A. Dirar
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Dental unit water content and antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas species: a case study

open access: yesJournal of Oral Microbiology, 2022
Background Many studies consider the contamination of dental unit waterlines (DUWLs), but few of them have studied the possible presence of antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the DUWLs.Aims Investigation of the presence of P.
M. Tesauro   +4 more
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Microbiological safety of water [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Medical Bulletin, 2000
Significant advances in water treatment over the last century have resulted in massive improvements in the microbiological safety of public drinking water supplies in the UK and the developed countries. Incidences of illness due to poor treatment or post-treatment contamination are rare, but when they occur tend to attract considerable media attention.
D J Dawson, D P Sartory
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Threat in water for drinking and domestic use: Nontuberculous mycobacteria

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2021
Objective: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been recognized as a diverse group of organisms that are ubiquitous in environmental sources. In most regions of the world, NTM are not reportable as a public health disease, so epidemiological data are ...
Dursun Atik   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water quality monitoring in southern Brazil and the assessment of risk factors related to contamination by coliforms and Escherichia coli

open access: yesJournal of Water and Health, 2023
The potability of water, including underground sources, is constantly affected by human activities. To assess water quality and water security in rural and urban areas of southern Brazil, a quantitative, retrospective analysis of water samples collected ...
Nathalia Geovana Nascimento Santos   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Waterborne pathogens detection technologies: advances, challenges, and future perspectives

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that pathogens like Escherichia coli, primarily linked to food and water contamination, are associated with 485,000 deaths from diarrheal diseases annually, translating to a staggering worldwide economic loss
Yoong-Ling Oon   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacterial Propagation in Municipal Water and Deep Tube-well Water in Kashipur Locality of Narayanganj City, Bangladesh

open access: yesJournal of Water and Environment Technology, 2020
Present study assessed the pathogenic prevalence in municipal water from 10 supply point and deep tube-well water from 10 deep tube-well point delivered across the Kashipur zone of Narayanganj city, Bangladesh along with their drug resistant pattern ...
Tamanna Islam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

MONITORING OF MICROBIOLOGY QUALITY RAW WATER AND REFILLED DRINKING WATER DURING COVID-19

open access: yesThe Indonesian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Introduction: Riau province regency / city data for drinking water depots in 2020 show that the largest number of Pekanbaru City in Riau Province has refill drinking water depots, there are 440 depots consisting of 220 feasible depots while 227 depots ...
Herniwanti Herniwanti   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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