Domestic transmission routes of pathogens: The problem of in-house contamination of drinking water during storage in developing countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 604-609

  Kær Jensen, Peter ^a   Ensink, Jeroen H J ^a   Jayasinghe, Gayathri ^a   Van der Hoek, Wim ^a   Cairncross, Sandy ^a   Dalsgaard, Anders ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Domestic contamination; Drinking water storage; Escherichia coli; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING WATER; PATHOGEN; STORAGE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSEHOLD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PAKISTAN; STORAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HOUSING; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; RURAL POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

PAKISTAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036304386     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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