Hospital Wastewater as a Reservoir for Antibiotic Resistance Genes: A Meta-Analysis

• Egile Nagusiak: Shengcen Zhang (Egilea), Jiangqing Huang (Egilea), Zhichang Zhao (Egilea), Yingping Cao (Egilea), Bin Li (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: The emergence and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment poses a huge global health hazard. Hospital wastewater (HWW), in which a high density of antibiotic residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria are present, may be a reservoir of ARGs dissemination in...