60 Organic waste recycling: technology and management
Geographical distribution Asia, Africa, some parts of Europe Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide WorldwideTransmissionaPersonĺpersonPerson (or animals)ĺperson PersonĺpersonPersonĺpersonPersonĺpersonPersonĺpersonPersonĺpersonDisease Cholera Typhoid fever Bacterial dysentery Diarrhea Poliomyelitis Various, including severe respiratory disease, fevers, rashes, paralysis, aseptic meningitis, myocarditis Various, similar to coxsackievirusPathogen Bacteria Vibrio cholerae Salmonella typhi Shigella dysenteriaeandother speciesPathogenicEscherichia coliTable 2.23 Enteric pathogens in human excreta and wastewater (Gaudy and Gaudy 1980; Feachem Virus Poliovirus Coxsackievirus (some strains) Echoviruset al.1983)