The thin film of nanoparticles could neutralize bacteria that leads to diseases like trachoma, cholera, trichuriasis and hookworm infection that cause millions of illnesses and deaths each year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nanoparticle Science Helps Create Low-Cost Water Purification Systems | Inhabitat] Reference

(trichuriasis).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference