Water-Associated Infectious Diseases (Paperback)

Chapter 1. Introduction- Chapter 2. Etiological agents of Water Associated Infectious Diseases (WAID).- Chapter 2.1. Water-borne.- Chapter 2.2. Water-based.- Chapter 2.3. Water-related.- Chapter 2.4. Water-washed.- Chapter 2.5. Water-dispersed.- Chapter 3. Evaluation and interplay of human water associated pathogens.- Chapter 4. Epidemiology of water associated disease.- Chapter 4.1. Water associated pathogens, diseases and primary source of infection.- Chapter 5. Emerging and re-emerging water associated Infectious Diseases.- - Chapter 7. Hazards associated with contaminated water.- Chapter 7.1. Human pathogens transmitted from drinking water or recreational settings.- Chapter 8. Global strategies and schemes for prevention of water associated infectious diseases.- Chapter 8.1. Water safety plans (WSPs).- Chapter 8.2. Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS).- Chapter 8.3. WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme.- Chapter 8.4. CDC’s Safe water system.- Chapter 8.5. Swachh Bharat Mission-Open Defecation Free India.- Chapter 9. Novel approaches to detect water associated infectious diseases.- Chapter 10. Treatment of water to prevent WAID.- Chapter 10.1. Steps towards preventing water associated infectious diseases.- Chapter 10.1. Improved water sources.- Chapter 10.2. Improving the water at the point of use.- Chapter 10.3. Maintenance of basic hygiene facility.- Chapter 10.4. Limiting the vector transmission of water associated infectious pathogens.- Chapter 10.5. Disposal of excreta and management of solid waste and dead bodies.- Chapter 10.6. Drugs and vaccines.- Chapter 11. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in alliance with Conventional Medicine (CM) for water associated infectious diseases.- Chapter 11.1. Principles of CAM.- Chapter 11.2. Historical perspective of CAM.- Chapter 11.3. Salient features of CAM.- Chapter 11.4. The advantage of CAM and its integration with healthcare.- Chapter 12. Treatment for water associated infectious diseases. Chapter 12.1. Typhoid. Chapter 12.2. Bacillus dysentery. Chapter 12.3. Cholera.- Chapter 12.4. Enteropathogenic E.coli.- Chapter 12.5. Yersinia enterocolitica.- Chapter 12.6. Campylobacter jejuni.- Chapter 12.7. Pseudomonas aeruginosa.- Chapter 12.8. Aeromonas.- Chapter 12.9. Legionellosis.- Chapter 12.10. Leptospirosis.- Chapter 12.11. Helicobacter pylori.- Chapter 12.12. Polio virus. .- Chapter 12.13. Coxasackie viruses A.- Chapter 12.14. Coxasackie viruses B.- Chapter 12.15. Echo viruses.- Chapter 12.16. Rotaviruses.- Chapter 12.17. Adenoviruses.- Chapter 12.18. Hepatitis A virus.- Chapter 12.19. Hepatitis E virus.- Chapter 12.20. Norovirus.- Chapter 12.21. Cryptosporidium homonis.- Chapter 12.22. Entamoeba histolytica.- Chapter 12.23. Giardia lamblia.- Chapter 12.24. Naegleria fowleri- Chapter 12.25. Ascaris lumbricoides- Chapter 12.26. Malaria- Chapter 12.27. Filaria- Chapter 12.28.Japanese encephalitis.- Chapter 12.29.Dengue fever- Chapter 12.30. Zika virus- Chapter 12.31. West Nile- Chapter 12.32. Yellow fever.- Chapter 12.33. Treatment for water associated infectious diseases.- Chapter 13. Economic assessment of water associated infectious diseases.- Chapter 14. Conclusions.- Chapter 15. Future Perspectives.