Presence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in biofilms formed in water containers in poor households coincides with epidemic seasons in Dhaka

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1223-1229

  Ahmed, D ^a   Islam, M S ^a   Begum, Y A ^a   Janzon, A ^b   Qadri, F ^a   Sjoling A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Drinking water; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; ETEC

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLASS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER TANKS;

BANGLADESH; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLASS SLIDES; HOUSEHOLD WATER; POOR HOUSEHOLDS; POTENTIAL RESERVOIR; REAL-TIME PCR; WATER CONTAINERS; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS;

POTABLE WATER;

BIOFILM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MONSOON; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; WATER STORAGE; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BANGLADESH; BIOFILM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; FLOODING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875509747     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12109     Document Type: Article

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