Enteric pathogens in stored drinking water and on caregiver's hands in Tanzanian households with and without reported cases of child diarrhea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mattioli, Mia Catharine ^a   Boehm, Alexandria B ^a   Davis, Jennifer ^a,b   Harris, Angela R ^a   Mrisho, Mwifadhi ^c   Pickering, Amy J ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84894265307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084939     Document Type: Article

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