Introduction to Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens

by Joseph O. Falkinham and Joseph O. Falkinham III

Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens, or OPPPs, are pathogens that cause waterborne disease. Three major pathogens are Legionella pneumophila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa , and Mycobacterium avium, and both the incidence and prevalence of diseases caused by OPPPs is currently increasing at an alarming rate. These diseases are a threat to human health and incur great economic cost. While OPPPs have been proposed as normal inhabitants of drinking water...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119162211
• ISBN13: 9781119162216
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 350 Pages