Prevalence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in drinking water and its predicted impact on diarrhoeic HIV/AIDS patients in the Amathole District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-372

  Momba, M N B ^a   Abong'o, B O ^b   Mwambakana, J N ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Escherichia coli O157:H7 and PCR; HIV AIDS; Prevalence; Stool specimens

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; POTABLE WATER;

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; HIV/AIDS; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; STOOL SPECIMENS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRINKING WATER; FECES; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; AMATHOLE; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 52649135677     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v34i3.180631     Document Type: Article

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