Characteristics of organic wastes 61Geographical distribution Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Mainly in warm, wet climates Africa, Asia, South AmericaTransmissionaPersonĺpersonPersonĺpersonPerson (or animals)ĺperson PersonĺpersonPerson (animals)ĺpersonPersonĺsoilĺpersonPersonĺsoilĺpersonPersonĺaquatic snailĺpersonDisease Respiratory and gastrointestinal infections Infectious hepatitis (liver malfunction), also may affect kidneys and spleen Diarrhea (intestinal parasite) Amoebic dysentery, infection of other organs Dysentery, intestinal ulcers Ascariasis (roundworm) Hookworm Schistosomiasis or bilharziasisTable 2.23 Enteric pathogens in human excreta and wastewater (Gaudy and Gaudy 1980; Feachem Pathogen Adenovirus Hepatitis Protozoa Giardia lamblia Entamoeba histolytica Balantidium coli Helminths Ascaris lumbricoides Ancylostoma duodenale Schistosoma
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