Antibiotic Resistance in Wastewater Treatment Plants and Transmission Risks for Employees and Residents: The Concept of the AWARE Study

• Main Authors: Laura Wengenroth (Author), Fanny Berglund (Author), Hetty Blaak (Author), Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc (Author), Carl-Fredrik Flach (Author), Gratiela Gradisteanu Pircalabioru (Author), D. G. Joakim Larsson (Author), Luminita Marutescu (Author), Mark W. J. van Passel (Author), Marcela Popa (Author), Katja Radon (Author), Ana Maria de Roda Husman (Author), Daloha Rodríguez-Molina (Author), Tobias Weinmann (Author), Andreas Wieser (Author), Heike Schmitt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antibiotic resistance has become a serious global health threat. Wastewater treatment plants may become unintentional collection points for bacteria resistant to antimicrobials. Little is known about the transmission of antibiotic resistance from wastewater treatment plants to humans, most important...