Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25, Problem 2CTQ
Every year, supposedly safe municipal water supplies cause outbreaks of enteric illness.
- a. Using the Wisconsin outbreak example from the 1990s, explain how pathogens can slip through the processes of water analysis and treatment undetected and untreated.
- b. Looking at process figure 25.1, discuss how bioterrorists could target municipal water supplies and what pathogens would be utilized for this type of dispersal.
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Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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