Antimicrobial resistance, virulence factors and genetic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from household water supply in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BACKGROUND: Unsafe water supplies continue to raise public health concerns, especially in urban areas in low resource countries. To understand the extent of public health risk attributed to supply water in Dhaka city, Bangladesh, Escherichia coli isolated from tap water samples collected from differ...

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Main Authors: Prabhat Kumar Talukdar, Mizanur Rahman, Mahdia Rahman, Ashikun Nabi, Zhahirul Islam, M Mahfuzul Hoque, Hubert P Endtz, Mohammad Aminul Islam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3615999?pdf=render