Relative risk of water-associated infectious diseases. Shown are relative risk distributions for different categories of water-associated infectious diseases – water-borne (A), water-carried (B), water-based ©, water-related (D), water-washed (E), and water-dispersed (F). Relative risk estimate was based on the best fit Bayesian model integrating reported outbreaks, random and spatial effects.
For a description of these water categories see here
Published in Yang K , LeJeune J , Alsdorf D , Lu B , Shum CK , et al. 2012 Global Distribution of Outbreaks of Water-Associated Infectious Diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6(2): e1483. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001483.
