Book ID: 89866
Embrey, Martha A., Rebecca T. Parkin and John M. Balbus
Handbook of CCL Microbes in Drinking Water. 2002. illustr. 426 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This is the first compilation and analysis of the published literatureon the microbial pathogens that are named on the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency's Containment Candidate List (CCL). Descriptions include Adenovirus, Aeromonas hydrophila (amd other pathogenic species),Caliciviridae, Coxsackievirus, Cyanobacteria, Echovirus, Heliobacterpylori, Microsporidia, and Mycobacterium avium. Information is includedon microbial risk assessment, risk communication, and risk management.An appendix provides an introduction to microbial pathogens that couldbe used by bioterrorists.