Water Supply

Volume 4 Number 2

Waterborne Pathogens (Selected Proceedings of the International Symposium on Waterborne Pathogens, held in Lisbon, Portugal, 22-25 September 2002)

Contents

1–5

Microbiological contamination of dental unit water systems in general practices from Barcelona (Spain)

R. Araujo and N. Contreras

7–14

Disinfection of Bacillus spp. spores in drinking water by TiO2 photocatalysis as a model for Bacillus anthracis

R. Armon, G. Weltch-Cohen and P. Bettane

15–22

Giardia sp. cysts and Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts dynamics in southeast Brazil: occurrence in surface water and removal in water treatment processes

R.K.X. Bastos, L. Heller, M.B.M. Vieira, L.A. Brito, P.D. Bevilacqua and L.E. Nascimento

23–30

Advances in standardizing and validating research techniques for pathogen monitoring in water

K. Connell, M. Pope, K. Miller, J. Scheller and J. Pulz

31–34

Salmonella: relations with indicators in recreational waters affected by sewage discharges

M.A. Efstratiou

35–38

Prioritisation of catchment management in the Sydney catchment - construction of a pathogen budget

C.M. Ferguson, N.J. Ashbolt and D.A. Deere

39–45

Campylobacter in waterborne epidemics in Finland

M.-L. Hänninen and R. Kärenlampi

47–54

Quantitative assessment of the removal of indicator bacteria in full-scale treatment plants

W.A.M. Hijnen, G.J. Medema and D. van der Kooij

55–61

Increased resistance of environmental anaerobic spores to inactivation by UV

W.A.M. Hijnen, A.J. van der Veer, E.F. Beerendonk and G.J. Medema

63–72

The course of giardiasis in Mongolian gerbils and SCID mice infected with new strains of Giardia lamblia

I. Sotiriadou and P. Karanis

73–77

Determination of naturally occurring noroviruses in coastal seawater by alkaline elution after acid rinse using negatively charged membrane

H. Katayama, A. Tanaka, M. Otaki and S. Ohgaki

79–85

Discrimination of adenovirus types circulating in urban sewage and surface polluted waters in São Paulo city, Brazil

F.M. Santos, M.J. Vieira, P. Garrafa, T.A. Monezi, V.H. Pellizari, C.M. Hársi and D.U. Mehnert

87–92

Applications of in-vitro cell culture for measuring infectivity and inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum

P.A. Rochelle

93–101

Role of variability in design, implementation, and interpretation of microbial inactivation studies

J.S. Rosen, I. Najm, J. Sobrinho and S. Via

103–106

Improving Mycobacterium spp. detection in water: a new methodological proposal

R. Santos, S. Gonçalves, F. Macieira, F. Oliveira, R. Rodrigues and M. Cadete

107–114

Using DNA microarrays to detect multiple pathogen threats in water

T.M. Straub, M.D. Quinonez-Diaz, C.O. Valdez, D.R. Call and D.P. Chandler

115–124

Drinking water pipe biofilm: present knowledge, concepts and significance

J. Menaia and E. Mesquita

125–132

Risk assessment of Legionella and enteric pathogens in sewage treatment works

G. Medema, B. Wullings, P. Roeleveld and D. van der Kooij