The Role of Water in the Causation and Prevention of Infectious Disease
/Zaidatul Azmi Bt. Abdul Rahman
- 55 pages : illustrations. ; 30cm
Diploma in Medical Microbiology, Institute for Medical Research 1983-1984 Seameo Tropmed Project Institute for Medical Research. Diploma in Medical Microbiology. 1983-1984
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Centuries before the germ theory of disease was established, there was an accepted relationship between impure water illness. There is reason to believe that Alexender the Great may have realised the danger of contaminated water since his troops were reported to have boiled their drinking water. Dr. John Snow's claasical epidemiological research in 1855 on several outbreaks of cholera correlated it to faecally contaminated water supplies in London.
Communicable Disease Control Communicable diseases--Dissertations Waterborne Diseases Communicable diseases--Prevention