Forty eight samples (30 wastewater and 18 river water) were collected between July and
November, 2010, from different sources in Cape Town, South Africa in order to characterize …

Eighty (80) sources of drinking water comprising boreholes (24), streams (3), wells (29), pipe-
borne (5) and 19 sachet water samples were collected between March 2014 and February …

The aim of this study was to detect and characterize pathogenic and antibiotic resistant
Escherichia coli isolated from slaughterhouse wastewater and the effluents of a municipal …

Abstract Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157: H7 is one of the major
foodborne and waterborne pathogens causing severe diseases and outbreaks worldwide …

Lack of access to potable water has forced many inhabitants of informal settlements in South
Africa to rely on surface water sources for their daily water needs, thus exposing these …

Aim: To investigate whether epilithic biofilms in freshwater streams in a mixed UK
agricultural river catchment harbour Escherichia coli O157, and if so, whether they …

The occurrence of Escherichia coli O157: H7 in selected water samples in South Africa was
investigated. The chromogenic Rainbow™ agar O157 medium designed for the rapid …

The aim of the present study was to isolate and identify Escherichia coli O157: H7 from pigs,
cattle, humans, beef, pork and water samples and to determine their putative virulence …

Escherichia coli such as E. coli O157: H7, a non‐sorbitol‐fermenting (NSF) E. coli, is an
essential human pathogen among other common zoonotic pathogens carried by animals …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are designed to eliminate organic matter and
pathogens but most WWTPs discharges antimicrobial resistance pathogens into aquatic …