Lecture 27, Waterborne Microbial Diseases - EN

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Microbiology 2

CU20627

Lecture 27
K.F. Wannee
Waterborne microbial diseases Lecturer Life Sciences,
Chemistry Department,
HZ University of Applied
Sciences
Water as a Disease Vehicle
• Agents and Sources of Waterborne Diseases

• Public Health and Water Quality

Waterborne Diseases
• Vibrio cholerae and Cholera

• Legionellosis

• Typhoid Fever and


Norovirus Illness
Agents and Sources of Waterborne Diseases
• What are coliforms? Describe their most important
characteristics. For which purpose may coliforms be
quantified?
Public Health and Water Quality
• Membrane filter (MF)
procedures
Public Health and Water Quality
• IDEXX Colilert test system

E. coli

Coliforms
E. coli + Coliform - Coliform +
Waterborne Diseases

• Vibrio cholerae and Cholera

• Legionellosis

• Typhoid Fever and Norovirus Illness


Vibrio cholerae and Cholera (1)

Gram-negative, curved bacteria


Vibrio cholerae and Cholera (2)
• How does the enterotoxin of Vibrio cholerae lead to
diarrhea in infected patients?
Vibrio cholerae and Cholera (3)

• How should patients be treated?


Legionellosis
• Legionella pneumophila
• Gram-negative
Typhoid Fever
• Salmonella typhi and
Salmonella enterica
Norovirus Illness
• Draw and describe the replication cycle of noroviruses.
Emma Castoldi
Homework assignments

• Assignment 24
• Deadline Sun Jan 14th

• Next class meeting; exercise exam and discuss


difficult topics

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