December 21, 2001—Because of a special licensing arrangement between HC Information Resources Inc. and the UK office of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., information on 32 topics related to waterborne disease can now be downloaded online. The reports are the chapters of the book Waterborne Disease: Epidemiology and Ecology, by Paul R. Hunter, Public Health Laboratory Service, Chester, UK.
Each report covers a specific water-related illness or topic, discussing, as applicable, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, environmental detection, ecology, epidemiology, and microbiology. The titles are: An Introduction to the Science and Art of Epidemiology; Water Supply and Distribution; Drinking Water and Waterborne Disease; Illness Associated with Recreational Contact with Water; Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Infestation); Schistosomiasis; Giardiasis; Cryptosporidiosis; Cyclospora; Naegleria; Cyanobacteria; Cholera and Other Vibrios; Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers and Other Salmonella Infections; Shigellosis (Bacillary Dysentery); Campylobacteriosis; Escherichia coli; Yersinia Infections; Plesiomonas Infections; Aeromonas Infections; Pseudomonas Infections; Melioidosis; Leptospirosis; Mycobacterial Disease; Tularaemia; Helicobacter Infections; Viral Hepatitis; Viral Gastroenteritis; Enterovirus Infections Including Poliomyelitis; Adenoviral Infections; Chemical Poisoning and Drinking Water; Cancer and Water; and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Water. References are included.
Each report costs $11 and downloads in less than 30 seconds. The reports can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat software, which can be downloaded free of charge.
