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5. Incubation at 44 °C as a test for faecal coli Clegg LFL, Sherwood HP. J Hyg 1939; 39: 361–374

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2005

PAUL HUNTER
PAUL HUNTER
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School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (paul.hunter@uea.ac.uk)
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The nature and frequency of waterborne disease changed substantially during the course of the 20th century [1]. In the early decades of the century, the primary diagnosed cause of waterborne disease in both the United Kingdom and the United States was typhoid fever. It was well known at that time that the primary source of infection was faecal pollution of drinking water. It was against this background that methods for detecting faecal pollution were sought.

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Section 2 Microbiological methods
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 133 , Issue S1 , October 2005 , pp. S17 - S18
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2005 Cambridge University Press
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INCUBATION AT 44oC. AS A TEST FOR FAECAL COLI

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