Associations between floor material and E. coli contamination in rural Bangladeshi households
Sumaiya Tazin, M. S. Islam, Amy J. Pickering, Laura H. Kwong, Andrew Mertens, Caitlin G. Niven, Benjamin F. Arnold, Alan Hubbard, Mahfuja Alam, Debashis Sen, Sharmin Islam, Mahbubur M. Rahman, LEANNE E. UNICOMB, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, , Ayşe Ercümen
This study finds that finished floors in rural Bangladesh are associated with lower E. coli contamination on child hands, food, and water during periods of high rainfall and temperature.
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health · Jul 29, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology