Fundamentals of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Biomonitoring of Bacteria, Protozoa, COVID-19, and Other Viruses
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Description
It is common practice to evaluate wastewater to understand drug consumption, from antibiotics to illegal narcotics, and even to analyze dietary habits and trends. Evaluating contaminants in wastewater enables researchers, environmental scientists, and water quality experts to gain valuable information and data. Wastewater-based epidemiology is an emerging science that has proven to be a cost- and time-effective biomonitoring tool. This book provides a roadmap for detecting wastewater-borne pathogenic contaminants such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and others. It provides a basic, fundamental discussion of how sampling and monitoring of wastewater using epidemiological concepts and practices can aid in determining the presence of the COVID-19 virus in a community, for example, and may help predict future outbreaks. [Amazon.com]
ISBN
1003170102
Publication Date
5-2021
Publisher
CRC Press
City
Boca Raton, FL
Disciplines
Epidemiology | Water Resource Management
Recommended Citation
Spellman, Frank R., "Fundamentals of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Biomonitoring of Bacteria, Protozoa, COVID-19, and Other Viruses" (2021). Community & Environmental Health Faculty Books. 17.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/commhealth_books/17
Comments
Frank R. Spellman is a retired Assistant Professor of Environmental Health.