Case Studies

Pathogen

Potential health risks associated with waterborne microbial pathogens

Team members: Pitol, A., Kotlarz, N., Byrne, D., Swanberg, B., Uprety, S. The Problem The Commonwealth Games are an international sporting competition that has been held nearly every four years since 1930 by countries in the Commonwealth of England. The upcoming games will be held in 2018 in Gold...

Pathogens:

Campylobacter jejuni

Cholera ENVE865 2013

Abstract Introduction. A cholera outbreak was reported in Haiti in October 2010, and both weather conditions and UN Peace-Keeping Forces were implicated. An outbreak of cholera was also reported in a jute mill in Kolkatta, West Bengal, India that same year. This case study focuses on the Haiti...

Pathogens:

Vibrio cholerae