Sources and Distribution of Surface Water Fecal Contamination and Prevalence of Schistosomiasis in a Brazilian Village

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Ponce Terashima, Rafael ^a,b   Koskey, Amber M ^c   Reis, Mitermayer G ^d   McLellan, Sandra L ^c   Blanton, Ronald E ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BRAZIL; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEWAGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER FECAL CONTAMINATION; WATER ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SANITATION; STANDARDS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BRAZIL; FECES; HUMANS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84920540340     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003186     Document Type: Article

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