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waterborne disease

Disease that arises from infected water and is transmitted when the water is used for drinking or cooking (for example, cholera or typhoid). It is to be distinguished from water-based and water-related diseases. Water-based diseases are those in which water provides the habitat for host organisms of parasites ingested (for example, schistosomiasis). Water-related diseases are those in which insect vectors rely on water as habitat but transmission is not through direct contact with water (for example, malaria or onchocerciasis).

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