Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Pediatric Infections Attributable to Ingestion of Fecally Contaminated Domestic Soils in Low-Income Urban Maputo, Mozambique
Drew Capone, Aaron Bivins, Jackie Knee, Oliver Cumming, Rassul Nalá, Joe Brown
Abstract
/EIEC was 4000-fold (40% annual infection risk) greater than the EPA's standard for drinking water. Compounds in Maputo, and similar settings, require contact and source control strategies to reduce the ingestion of contaminated soil and achieve acceptable levels of risk.
Topics & Concepts
IngestionLatrineShigellaContaminationHygieneVeterinary medicineEnvironmental healthFecesFecal coliformSoil waterBiologySanitationToxicologyMicrobiologyEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental engineeringSalmonellaMedicineBacteriaEcologyWater qualityGeneticsBiochemistryPathologyChild Nutrition and Water AccessFecal contamination and water qualityViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology