Quantitative assessment of fecal contamination in multiple environmental sample types in urban communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh using SaniPath microbial approach
N. Amin, M. Rahman, S. Raj, S. Ali, J. Green, S. Das, S. Doza, M. H. Mondol, Y. Wang, M. A. Islam, M.-U. Alam, T. M. N. Huda, S. Haque, L. Unicomb, G. Joseph, C. L. Moe
The paper assesses fecal contamination in urban Dhaka using E. coli MPN measurements across different environmental samples and finds higher contamination in low-income areas compared to high-income and transient neighborhoods.
bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2019Microbiology