Until recently there has been little formal guidance on procedures for adopting new methods in water microbiology. However, the European Union Drinking Water Directive of 1998 specified methods that were to be used for the microbiological parameters, most being ISO methods, but allowed the use of alternative methods that were “at least as reliable”. At that time, there were no published procedu...

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Water borne diseases such as cholera, enteric fever and dysentery were expected after the tsunami, which hit the coastal areas of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. In the present study 151 drinking water sources were collected from the tsunami affected villages and relief shelters and tested for coliforms and pathogens. Nine well water samples were also collected for specific bacteriological an...

infections of the cerebrospinal shunts and other neurosurgical structures are not uncommon in the clinical practice. these infections are mostly clinical emergencies carrying negative prognostic impacts on the patients as well as spending healthcare resources. the low pathogenicity nature of some implicated pathogens results in minimal physical signs that may complicate the diagnosis and mislea...

The eight-day meeting held in the three neighbouring cities of Kyoto, Shiga andOsaka, Japan, ended on 23March by issuing a statement of commitment. Overall, this was ‘‘to facing the global water challenges’’ and achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving, by 2015, the proportion of poor people without secure access to water and sanitation. To do so, groups participating in the F...

Joanna Verran is Professor of Microbiology in the School of Biology, Chemistry and Health Science at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research is interdisciplinary, involving collaboration with materials scientists, polymer and dental technologists and surface engineers, and focusing on the interactions occurring between microorganisms and inert surfaces. The effect of changes in surface...

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