Estimating Cryptosporidium and Giardia disease burdens for children drinking untreated groundwater in a rural population in India.

• Hauptverfasser: Miles E Daniels (VerfasserIn), Woutrina A Smith (VerfasserIn), Marion W Jenkins (VerfasserIn)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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In many low-income settings, despite improvements in sanitation and hygiene, groundwater sources used for drinking may be contaminated with enteric pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia, which remain important causes of childhood morbidity. In this study, we examined the contribution of diar...