Animal Feces Contribute to Domestic Fecal Contamination : Evidence from E. coli Measured in Water, Hands, Food, Flies, and Soil in Bangladesh

Fecal-oral pathogens are transmitted through complex, environmentally mediated pathways. Sanitation interventions that isolate human feces from the environment may reduce transmission but have shown limited impact on environmental contamination. We conducted a study in rural Bangladesh to (1) quanti...

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Main Authors: Ercumen, Ayse, Pickering, Amy J., Kwong, Laura H., Arnold, Benjamin F., Parvez, Sarker Masud, Alam, Mahfuja, Sen, Debashis, Islam, Sharmin, Kullmann, Craig, Chase, Claire, Ahmed, Rokeya, Unicomb, Leanne, Luby, Stephen P., Colford, John M., Jr.
Published: American Chemical Society 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31369