| Disease-Causing
Organisms in Sewage |
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Organisms |
Disease |
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Enteric Viruses: |
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Enteroviruses (67 types) |
Gastroenteritis, heart anomalies,
meningitis,
others |
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Rotaviruses |
Gastroenteritis |
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Parvovirus-like agents (at least 2 types) |
Gastroenteritis |
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Hepatitis A virus |
Infectious hepatitis |
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Adenoviruses (31 types) |
Respiratory disease, conjunctivitus, others |
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Bacteria: |
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Escherichia coli (enteropathic type)
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Gastroenteritis, typhoid fever |
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Salmonella (appox. 1,700 types) |
Salmonellosis |
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Shigella (4 spp) |
Shigellosis (bacillary dysentery),
gastroenteritis |
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Protozoa: |
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Balantidium coli |
Balantidiasis |
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Entamoeba histolytica |
Amebiasis |
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Giardia lamblia |
Giardiasis |
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Helminths: |
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Nematodes (roundworms) |
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Ascaris lumbricoides |
Ascariasis |
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Ancylostoma duodenale |
Ancylostomiasis |
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Necator americanus |
Necatoriasis |
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Ancylostoma braziliense (cat hookworm) |
Cutaneous larva migrans |
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Ancylostoma caninum (dog hookworm) |
Cutaneous larva migrans |
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Entrobius vermicularis (pinworm) |
Enterobiasis |
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Strongyloides stercorularis (threadworm) |
Strongyloidiasis |
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Toxocara cati (cat roundworm) |
Visceral larva migrans |
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Toxocara canis (dog roundworm) |
Visceral larva migrans |
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Trichuris trichiuri (whipworm) |
Trichuriasis |
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Cestodes (tapeworms) |
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Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) |
Taeniasis |
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Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) |
Taeniasis |
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Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm) |
Taeniasis |
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Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm) |
Uniocular echococcosis |
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Echinococcus multilocularis |
Alveolar hydatid disease |
Extracted from
Suggested Guidelines for Remediation of Damage from Sewage Backflow into
Buildings Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Working
Document
Michael A. Berry, Ph.D., Jeff Bishop, Claude Blackburn, Eugene C. Cole, Dr., Ph.D.,
William G. Ewald, Terry Smith, Nathan Suazo, and Steve Swan
© Copyright 1998-2008
- William Yobe
& Associates
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