Some Human Diseases and Parasites Spread by Sewage Pollution Typhoid fever Bacterial dysentery (shigellosis) Cholera Poliomyelitis Meningitis Gastroenteritis Hepatitis A Amoebic dysentery Diarrhoea Parasitic nematodes (roundworms) Tapeworms (cestodes) Trematodes (liver flukes, etc) Infectious mononucleosis (?) "Immunological deficiency" (?) "Congenital Heart Anomalies" (?) Conjunctivitis (?) Source: P. D. Abel, Water Pollution Biology, Ellis Horwood Limited, Chichester, England, 1989. Look for more details in upcoming Green Delaware News. (C) Alan Muller
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