Overview of Waterborne Pathogens - Waterborne Pathogens: Detection Methods and Applications - page 20

Table 2.2 Overview of waterborne bacteria

Relative
infectivity

Persistence
in water

Resistance to
disinfection

Route of
transmission

Pathogen Disease

Campylobacter jejuni , C. coli Gastroenteritis Moderate Moderate Low Ingestion

Escherichia coli - pathogenic Gastroenteritis Low Moderate Low Ingestion

E. coli O157:H7
(enterohaemorrhagic)

Gastroenteritis,
hemolytic-uremia

High Moderate Low Ingestion

Legionella spp. Legionnaires' disease Moderate May multiply Moderate Inhalation

Pseundomonas aeruginosa Pulmonary disease, skin

infection

Low May multiply Low Skin contact

Salmonella typhi Typhoid fever Low Moderate Low Ingestion

Salmonella enterica Salmonellosis Low May multiply Low Ingestion

Shigella Shigellosis High Short Low Ingestion

Vibrio cholerae Cholera Low Bioaccumulates Low Ingestion

Source: Adapted from the WHO list.