A localized sanitation status index as a proxy for fecal contamination in urban Maputo, Mozambique.

Sanitary surveys are used in low- and middle-income countries to assess water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions, but have rarely been compared with direct measures of environmental fecal contamination. We conducted a cross-sectional assessment of sanitary conditions and E. coli counts in soils and...

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Main Authors: Drew Capone, Zaida Adriano, David Berendes, Oliver Cumming, Robert Dreibelbis, David A Holcomb, Jackie Knee, Ian Ross, Joe Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224333