Microbial indicators of fecal pollution: recent progress and challenges in assessing water quality

DA Holcomb, JR Stewart - Current environmental health reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Fecal contamination of water is a major public health concern.
This review summarizes recent developments and advancements in water quality indicators …

Benefits and risks of smallholder livestock production on child nutrition in low-and middle-income countries

D Chen, K Mechlowitz, X Li, N Schaefer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Livestock production may improve nutritional outcomes of pregnant women and children by
increasing household income, availability of nutrient-dense foods, and women's …

Effects of an urban sanitation intervention on childhood enteric infection and diarrhea in Maputo, Mozambique: a controlled before-and-after trial

J Knee, T Sumner, Z Adriano, C Anderson, F Bush… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
We conducted a controlled before-and-after trial to evaluate the impact of an onsite urban
sanitation intervention on the prevalence of enteric infection, soil transmitted helminth re …

An integrated approach based on Gaussian noises-based data augmentation method and AdaBoost model to predict faecal coliforms in rivers with small dataset

AEL Bilali, A Taleb, MA Bahlaoui, Y Brouziyne - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine Learning (ML) techniques can be valuable for modelling the faecal
contamination in the rivers to overcome the limitations of the process-based models …

Urban onsite sanitation upgrades and synanthropic flies in Maputo, Mozambique: effects on enteric pathogen infection risks

D Capone, Z Adriano, O Cumming… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synanthropic filth flies transport enteric pathogens from feces to food, which upon
consumption poses an infection risk. We evaluated the effect of an onsite sanitation …

Attributes of drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene associated with microbiological water quality of stored drinking water in rural schools in Mozambique and Uganda

CE Morgan, JM Bowling, J Bartram… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Contaminated drinking water causes morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in low-
and middle-income countries. Drinking water quality has been studied extensively in …

Microbial source tracking as a method of determination of beach sand contamination

E Valério, ML Santos, P Teixeira, R Matias… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Beach sand may act as a reservoir for numerous microorganisms, including enteric
pathogens. Several of these pathogens originate in human or animal feces, which may pose …

Monitoring of diverse enteric pathogens across environmental and host reservoirs with TaqMan array cards and standard qPCR: a methodological comparison study

R Lappan, R Henry, SL Chown, SP Luby… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Multiple bacteria, viruses, protists, and helminths cause enteric infections that
greatly impact human health and wellbeing. These enteropathogens are transmited via …

Association of neighborhood greenness exposure with cardiovascular diseases and biomarkers

T Liu, B Cai, W Peng, L Xiao, H Shi, X Wu… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aim Living in areas with neighborhood greenness may be associated with the incidence of
cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, little evidence in this regard has emerged from …

[HTML][HTML] Attenuation of bacterial hazard indicators in the subsurface of an informal settlement and their application in quantitative microbial risk assessment

FF Halla, SM Massawa, EK Joseph, K Acharya… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pit latrines provide essential onsite sanitation services to over a billion people, but there are
concerns about their role in infectious disease transmission, and impacts on groundwater …