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The movement of typhoid organisms in saturated, permeable soil
Author(s) -
McGinnis James A.,
DeWalle Foppe
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1983.tb05137.x
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , outbreak , groundwater , soil water , transmission (telecommunications) , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , geography , soil science , geology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , virology , geotechnical engineering , engineering , electrical engineering
An outbreak of typhoid fever in Yakima County, Wash., is compared with 11 similar episodes of groundwater transmission of typhoid fever reported in the literature. The survival time and the distance bacteria can travel in groundwater are analyzed by using a linear regression correlated with the velocity of groundwater flow in various types of soils.