Antimicrobial Resistance in Wastewater and Human Health provides updated knowledge on the human health risks associated with antimicrobial resistance of wastewater. The book's chapters address commonly found bacteria and drug resistant genes in wastewater, treatment plant problems and challenges, human health hazards, and gaps in current literature. Written for researchers, scientists, graduate and PhD students in the areas of Public Health, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, and Environmental Science, this will be an ideal resource.
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Table of Contents
1. Commonly Found Bacteria and Drug Resistance Gene in Wastewater2. Development and Spread of Drug Resistance through Wastewater
3. Enrichment of Drug Resistance Genes in Human Pathogenic Bacteria Showing Antimicrobial Resistance
4. Direct Reuse of Wastewater: Problems, Challenges and Future Direction
5. Wastewater Treatment Plants and Tracking of Resistance Bacteria and Genes in the Wastewater
6. Techniques to Stop Spread and Removal of Resistance from Wastewater
7. Do's and Don'ts in Wastewater Treatment, their Reuse, and Future Directions
8. Impact of Waste Treatment through Genetic Modification and Reuse of Treated Water on Human Health
9. Genetically Engineered Microorganism to Degrade Waste and Produce Biofuels and Other Useful Products
10. Human Health Hazardous due to Antimicrobial Resistance Spread
11. Acquired Knowledge and Identified Gaps in Resistance and Human Health Risk
12. Assessment and Monitoring of Human Health Risk during Wastewater Reuse
Authors
Dharm Pal Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India. Dr. Dharm Pal (PhD), is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at NIT, Raipur with over 14 years of teaching and research experience. His research work is mainly focused on understanding the mechanism of reactive extraction of carboxylic acids involving mass transfer accompanied by chemical reaction and also its modeling and optimization. His other areas of expertise/interest include functional bio-nanocomposites, wastewater treatment, and antibiotic resistance. At present he and his research group are interested in developing smart (active & intelligent) food packaging materials.He has published over 81 research communications in various Journals & Conferences, including 40 SCI/Scopus indexed papers, is co-author of 4 books & 3 book chapters, editor of 2 conference proceedings & 1 Special Issue and filled 1 patent. At present he is on the editorial board of four peer reviewed international journals and recently received AUROPATH GLOBAL AWARDS 2019 for the "Excellence in Research� from Chief Minister Chhattisgarh. Awanish Kumar Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Raipur, India. Dr. Awanish Kumar is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the National Institute of Technology, Raipur (CG), India. He has more than 13 years of research experience. He received his PhD in Molecular Parasitology from the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India, and completed his postdoctoral studies at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. His research interests are infection biology, drug targeting, and drug discovery. Dr. Kumar has served on various national and international organizations in different academic and research capacities. He has also served on many national committees and scientific advisory panels, as a member of many international professional research societies, and as a reviewer and editorial board member of reputed and refereed journals. He has authored or edited several monographs, books, and book chapters.
