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Taylor & Francis Fundamentals of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Biomonitoring of Bacteria Protozoa COVID-19 and Other Viruses 2021 Edition by Frank R. Spellman
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.Features* Offers a unique discussion of the detection of bacteria, fungi, and COVID-19, and other viruses in wastewater * Presents the fundamentals of wastewater chemistry and microbiology * Explains biomonitoring, sampling, testing, and health surveillance in a practical mannerFundamentals of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Biomonitoring of Bacteria, Fungi, COVID-19, and Other Viruses is an invaluable resource to a wide array of readers with varying interests and backgrounds in water science and public health. Table of contents : - PART 1 Setting the StageChapter 1 And What's in the Pipes Will TellChapter 2 Fundamental EpidemiologyPART 2 Statistical MethodsChapter 3 Statistics and Biostatistics ReviewChapter 4 Basic ConceptsChapter 5 DistributionChapter 6 Sampling-Measurement VariablesChapter 7 Frequency Measures: Incidence, Prevalence,and Mortality RatesChapter 8 Measures of Association and Public Health ImpactPART 3 WastewaterChapter 9 The Science of WastewaterChapter 10 Wastewater Spawned Infectious DiseasePART 4 Wastewater-Based EpidemiologyChapter 11 Fundamentals of Biomonitoring, Monitoring, Sampling, andTestingChapter 12 Wastewater Bacteria Sampling, Testing, and AnalysisChapter 13 Wastewater Protozoa Sampling, Testing, and AnalysisChapter 14 Wastewater Virus Sampling, Testing, and Analysis