A fatal waterborne disease epidemic in Walkerton, Ontario: Comparison with other waterborne outbreaks in the developed world

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 7-14

  Hrudey, Steve E ^a   Payment, P ^b   Huck, P M ^c   Gillham, R W ^c   Hrudey, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Escherichia coli 0157:H7; Health risk; Multiple barriers; Outbreaks; Walkerton Inquiry

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; PUBLIC POLICY;

WATERBORNE DISEASES;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLICY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER BORNE DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO; WALKERTON;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0345269729     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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