Term: infection

infection

transmission and control strategy (Carincross and Feachem, 1993):

Classification of water-related infection (Carincross and Feachem,1993)
:

Category

infection

Pathogenic agent

Fecal-oral
(water-born or water-washed)

Diarrheas and dysentaries
Amoebic dysentary
Campylobacter enteritis
Cholera
E. coli diarrhea
Giardiasis
Rotavirus diarrhea
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
Yersinosis
Enteric Fevers
Typhoid
Paratyphoid
Poliomyelitis
Hepatitis A
Leptospirosis

Protozoon
Bacterium
Bacterium
Bacterium
Protozoon
Virus
Bacterium
Bacterium
Bacterium

Bacterium
Bacterium
Virus
Virus
Spirochete

Water-washed:
a) skin and eye infections
b) other
Infectious skin diseases

Infectious skin diseases
Infectious eye diseases
Louse-borne typhus
Louse-borne relapsing fever

Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Rickettsia
Spirochete

Water-based:
a) penetrating skin
b) ingested

Schistosomiasis
Guinea worm
Clonorchiasis
Others

Helminth
Helminth
Helminth
Helminth

Water-related
insect vector
a) biting near water

b) breeding in water

Sleeping sickness

Filariasis
Malaria
River blindness
Mosquito-borne
Yellow fever
Dengue
Others

Protozoon

Helminth
Protozoon
Helminth

Virus
Virus
Virus

Classification of excreta-related infections: