Effect of Sanitation Improvements on Pathogens and Microbial Source Tracking Markers in the Rural Bangladeshi Household Environment
Erica R. Fuhrmeister, Ayşe Ercümen, Amy J. Pickering, Kaitlyn M. Jeanis, Yoshika S. Crider, Mahaa Ahmed, Sara Brown, Mahfuja Alam, Debashis Sen, Sharmin Islam, Mir Himayet Kabir, Mahfuza Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, Laura H. Kwong, Benjamin F. Arnold, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Kara L. Nelson
Abstract
genes on child hands was lower in the sanitation arm. Incomplete removal of child and animal feces or the compound (versus community-wide) scale of intervention could explain the limited impacts of improved sanitation.
Topics & Concepts
SanitationFecesEnvironmental healthLatrineImproved sanitationDiarrheaNorovirusPathogenic Escherichia coliGiardiaBiologyVeterinary medicineMedicineMicrobiologyEscherichia coliOutbreakVirologyInternal medicinePathologyGeneBiochemistryChild Nutrition and Water AccessFecal contamination and water qualityViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology