Diarrheal disease outbreak in Gaidatar village of Rautahat District, Nepal

Clean water to poor communities who live in crowded municipal area is stillexpensive and a luxury. This condition is evidenced by the number of people whouse ground water for their daily water, because water taps still seems expensivefor them. Diarrheal disease is still relatively high for Indonesia, where nearly 16thousand people suffer from diarrhea due to poor sanitation. To help the poor inthe city, there are several alternative technologies that can be applied to publicaccess to clean water and adequate low-cost, including ground water treatmenttechnology with a filter system equipped with an ultraviolet sterilizer, or ozonegenerators, or using ultrafiltration, if possible can also use the reverse osmosismembrane that for fresh water. Arsinum is the best alternative should be chosenfor fulfilled potable water in slump area.Keywords : Sanitation, water treatment technology, portable water, low-cost, slump area

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of An international invasive meningococcal disease outbreak due to a novel and rapidly expanding serogroup W strain, Scotland and Sweden, July to August 2015.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.732871851.793544028 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Martin Maiden

Keyword(s):

Meningococcal Disease ◽

Disease Outbreak ◽

Invasive Meningococcal Disease

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Impacts of a Regional, Multi-Year, Multi-Species Coral Disease Outbreak in Southeast Florida.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.734234091.793551845 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Andrew Baird ◽

Joana Figueiredo

Keyword(s):

Coral Disease ◽

Disease Outbreak

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Probiotics Slow the Growth of Pathogenic Bacteria

International Journal of Probiotics and Prebiotics ◽

10.37290/ijpp2641-7197.14:28-31 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 28-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rowles H. L.

Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

Bacterial Infections ◽

Pathogenic Bacteria ◽

Diarrheal Disease ◽

Growth Curves ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

Controlled Delivery ◽

E Coli ◽

Multiple Strains ◽

Commercial Probiotics

Probiotics are live microorganisms, which when ingested in sufficient amounts, confer health benefits to the host by improving the gut microflora balance. The purpose of this research was to determine whether commercial probiotic products containing multitude of commensal bacteria would reduce the growth rate of pathogenic bacteria, specifically Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Growth curves were established, and the growth rates were compared for samples of E. coli, S. typhimurium, Nature’s Bounty Controlled Delivery probiotic, Sundown Naturals Probiotic Balance probiotic, and cocultures of the pathogenic bacteria mixed with the probiotics. The findings of this research were that the commercial probiotics significantly reduced the growth rate of E. coli and S. typhimurium when combined in cocultures. Probiotics containing multiple strains may be taken prophylactically to reduce the risk of bacterial infections caused by E. coli and S. typhimurium. Probiotics could be used to reduce the high global morbidity and mortality rates of diarrheal disease.

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Improving Disease Outbreak Forecasting Models for Efficient Targeting of Public Health Resources

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3072086 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Lasantha Fernando ◽

Sriganesh Lokanathan ◽

Amal Shehan Perera ◽

Azhar Ghouse ◽

Hasitha Tissera

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Resources ◽

Disease Outbreak ◽

Forecasting Models

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A Waterborne Disease Outbreak

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1991.0021 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 13-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Y. Andersson

Keyword(s):

River Water ◽

Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽

Disease Outbreak ◽

Waterborne Disease ◽

Community Outbreaks ◽

The City

In Sweden 63 waterborne outbreaks occurred during the last 10 years. Even if these outbreaks include smaller family incidents, at least 10 community outbreaks involved more than 1,000 victims each, the largest being in the city of Boden in 1988. This outbreak hit 41% of the population with gastrointestinal symptoms and was preceded by the distribution of virtually untreated, fecally contaminated river water due to a transitory absence of chlorination.

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