This presentation is devoted to a discussion of cholera as a paradigm for the study of infectious diseases and then considers the range of infections spread via water before considering how we test water to ensure its microbiological safety. The presentation starts by considering ‘potable’ water, that is, water that is safe to drink. There then follows a list of important pathogens that are spread by exposure to contaminated water. The role of water as the vector of disease was initially...

This presentation is devoted to a discussion of cholera as a paradigm for the study of infectious diseases and then considers the range of infections spread via water before considering how we test water to ensure its microbiological safety. The presentation starts by considering ‘potable’ water, that is, water that is safe to drink. There then follows a list of important pathogens that are spread by exposure to contaminated water. The role of water as the vector of disease was initially...

This presentation is devoted to a discussion of cholera as a paradigm for the study of infectious diseases and then considers the range of infections spread via water before considering how we test water to ensure its microbiological safety. The presentation starts by considering ‘potable’ water, that is, water that is safe to drink. There then follows a list of important pathogens that are spread by exposure to contaminated water. The role of water as the vector of disease was initially...

This presentation is devoted to a discussion of cholera as a paradigm for the study of infectious diseases and then considers the range of infections spread via water before considering how we test water to ensure its microbiological safety. The presentation starts by considering ‘potable’ water, that is, water that is safe to drink. There then follows a list of important pathogens that are spread by exposure to contaminated water. The role of water as the vector of disease was initially...