Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment Author:Charles N. Haas, Joan B. Rose, Charles P. Gerba Provides the latest QMRA methodologies to determine infection risk cause by either accidental microbial infections or deliberate infections caused by terrorism — ? Reviews the latest methodologies to quantify at every step of the microbial exposure pathways, from the first release of a pathogen to the actual human infection — ? Provides techniques... more » on how to gather information, on how each microorganism moves through the environment, how to determine their survival rates on various media, and how people are exposed to the microorganism
? Explains how QMRA can be used as a tool to measure the impact of interventions and identify the best policies and practices to protect public health and safety
? Includes new information on genetic methods
? Techniques use to develop risk models for drinking water, groundwater, recreational water, food and pathogens in the indoor environment« less