Microbial and chemical contamination of water, sediment and soil in the Nakivubo wetland area in Kampala, Uganda

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Fuhrimann, Samuel ^a,b   Stalder, Michelle ^a,b,c   Winkler, Mirko S ^a,b   Niwagaba, Charles B ^d   Babu, Mohammed ^e   Masaba, Godfrey ^e   Kabatereine, Narcis B ^f   Halage, Abdullah A ^g   Schneeberger, Pierre H H ^a,b,h,i   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Cissé, Guéladio ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e National Water and Sewerage Corporation   (Uganda)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^g MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^h Department of Epidemiology and Molecular Diagnostics Agroscope Changins Wädenswil ACW ^*  (Switzerland)

ⁱ SPIEZ LABORATORY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Heavy metals; Helminths; Uganda; Wastewater reuse; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BACTERIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; POTABLE WATER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SUGAR CANE; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

COLONY FORMING UNITS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HELMINTHS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; UGANDA; WASTEWATER REUSE;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; POLLUTANT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOOKWORM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SALMONELLA; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; UGANDA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HELMINTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; OVUM; PLANT; POLLUTANT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SUGARCANE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; YAM;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KAMPALA; LAKE VICTORIA; NAKIVUBO WETLAND; UGANDA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHARUM; SALMONELLA; VERMES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIOSCOREA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HELMINTHS; LAKES; METALS, HEAVY; OVUM; PLANTS; SACCHARUM; SALMONELLA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UGANDA; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84933529315     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4689-x     Document Type: Article

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