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INFECTIOUS AGENTS PRESENT IN RAW DOMESTIC WASTEWATER Organism Disease | Remarks Bacteria Escherichia coli Gastroenteritis Diarrhoea (enteropathogenic) Legionella pneumophila Legionellosis Acute respiratory illness Leptospira (150 spp.) Leptospirosis Jaundice and fever (Weil’s disease) Salmonella typhi Typhoid fever High fever, diarrhoea and ulceration of small intestine Salmonella (~1700 spp.) Salmonellosis Food poisoning Shigella (4 spp.) Shigellosis Bacillary dysentery Vibrio cholerae Cholera Extremely heavy diarrhoea and dehydration Yersinia enterolitica Yersinosis Diarrhoea Viruses Adenovirus (31 types) Respiratory disease Enteroviruses (67 types eg. Polio, echo and Coxsackie Gastroenteritis, heart anomalies and meningitis viruses) Hepatitis A Infectious hepatitis Jaundice and fever Norwalk agent Gastroenteritis Vomiting Reovirus Gastroenteritis Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Protozoa Balantidium coli Balantidiasis Diarrhoea and dysentery Cryptosporidium Cryptosporidiosis Diarrhoea Entamoeba histolytica Amebiasis (amoebic Prolonged diarrhoea with dysentery) bleeding and abscesses of the liver and small intestine Giardia Lamblia Giardiasis Mild to sever diarrhoea, nausea and indigestion Helminths Ascaris lumbricoides Ascariasis Roundworm infestation Enterobius vericularis Enterobiasis Pinworm Fasciola hepatica Fascioliasis Sheep liver fluke Hymenolepis nana Hymenolepiasis Dwarf tapeworm Taenia saginata Taeniasis Beef tapeworm Taenia solium Taeniasis Pork tapeworm Trichuris trichiura Trichuriasis Whipworm Source: Metcalf and Eddy, Inc., 1991. Unearthed Geotechnical P/L. 21 Design Report 022-003
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