Across
- 4. This condition is usually self-limiting with mild diarrhea
- 13. Cryptosporidium and Giardia are a member of this group
- 14. A type of therapy required for Cholera patients
- 15. A pathogenic protist transmitted to humans primarily through contaminated water and sometimes food
- 18. Term for stool produced by Cholera patients
- 19. Causes “washer woman’s hand” symptoms
- 20. Predominant site of colonisation for waterborne infectious agents
- 22. This disease is usually spread by aerosols
- 23. A method that is useful in the removal of Cryptosporidium oocysts
- 24. A flagellated protist that is usually transmitted to humans in faecally contaminated water
- 25. A free-living amoeba found in soil and water runoff
Down
- 1. Term for infection caused by microbial contamination of materials shared by a large number of individuals
- 2. Thick-walled cells of Cryptosporidium that are shed in the faeces of infected animals
- 3. Water used for drinking and cooking
- 5. This type of water is associated with public ponds, lakes, swimming pools etc.
- 6. This can be dried and used as a fertiliser
- 7. A type of enterovirus that can cause paralysis
- 8. Cholera produces this to elicit its effects
- 9. Used to remove large objects from wastewater
- 10. Shape of rod associated with Vibrio cholerae
- 11. Allow 60% of pollutants in the wastewater to settle
- 12. V. cholerae attaches to these cells in the small intestine
- 16. Motile stage associated with Giardia parasites
- 17. City associated with the biggest Cryptosporidium outbreak in the US
- 21. Legionella pneumophila is commonly found here