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Bacterial contamination of drinking water sources in rural villages of Mohale Basin, Lesotho: exposures through neighbourhood sanitation and hygiene practices

BACKGROUND: Bacterial contamination of drinking water is a major public health problem in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Unimproved water sources are a major reservoir of Escherichia coli (E. coli) causing severe diarrhoea in humans. This study assessed E. coli counts in drinking water from diff...

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Autores principales: Gwimbi, Patrick, George, Maeti, Ramphalile, Motena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6521341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31092211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12199-019-0790-z