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Email: Management@amima.net |
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Waterborne Diseases |
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Waterborne diseases, a subgroup of foodborne diseases result from ingestion of unclean water contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms, microbial toxins, or chemicals. Pathogens incriminated in waterborne outbreaks are different from those most often responsible for foodborne disease; below is the list of responsible etiologic agents for waterborne outbreaks reported to the CDC from 1972 through 2000. |
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| Giardia lamblia |
35.8% |
| Shigella spp. |
11.4% |
| Hepatitis A |
6.3% |
| Noroviruses |
5.7% |
| Campylobacter jejuni |
4.5% |
| Cryptosporidium |
4.2% |
| Samonella, nontyphoidal |
3.9% |
| Escherichia coli O157-H7 |
2.4% |
| Salmonella Typhi |
1.5% |
| Vibrio cholerae |
0.6% |
| Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli |
0.3% |
| Yersinia enterocolitica |
0.3% |
| Rotavirus |
0.3% |
| Entamoeba histolytica |
0.3% |
| Plesiomonas shigelloides |
0.3% |
| Small round virus |
0.3% |
| Miscellaneous chemicals |
0.3% |
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| Total |
100% |
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