Human fecal and pathogen exposure pathways in rural Indian villages and the effect of increased latrine coverage

Water Research

Volumn 100, Issue , 2016, Pages 232-244

  Odagiri, Mitsunori ^a   Schriewer, Alexander ^a   Daniels, Miles E ^b   Wuertz, Stefan ^a,c,d   Smith, Woutrina A ^b   Clasen, Thomas ^e,g   Schmidt, Wolf Peter ^g   Jin, Yujie ^a   Torondel, Belen ^g   Misra, Pravas R ^f   Panigrahi, Pinaki ^h,i   Jenkins, Marion W ^a,g  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Asian Institute of Public Health   (India)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Child diarrhea prevalence; Drinking water contamination; Hand contamination; Improved sanitation; Microbial source tracking

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAKES; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTABLE WATER; PROTOZOA; RURAL AREAS; SANITATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTEROIDALE; CHILD DIARRHEA PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATION; FECAL CONTAMINATION; HAND CONTAMINATION; HUMAN FAECAL; IMPROVED SANITATION; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; TUBEWELLS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CONTAMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER;

BIOMARKER; CHILD HEALTH; DEFECATION; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POND; SANITATION; VILLAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WELL;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDALES; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIARDIA; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INDIA; INDIAN; MICROORGANISM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTAVIRUS; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; CHILD; MICROBIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK;

INDIA; ODISHA;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDALES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; ROTAVIRUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SANITATION; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84966714178     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.05.015     Document Type: Article

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