Drinking Water from Dug Wells in Rural Ghana — Salmonella Contamination, Environmental Factors, and Genotypes

Drinking Water from Dug Wells in Rural Ghana — Salmonella Contamination, Environmental Factors, and Genotypes

Salmonellosis is an important but neglected disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Food or fecal-oral associated transmissions are the primary cause of infections, while the role of waterborne transmission is unclear. Samples were collected from different dug wells in a rural area of Ghana and analyzed for...

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Main Authors: Denise Myriam Dekker, Ralf Krumkamp, Nimako Sarpong, Hagen Frickmann, Kennedy Gyau Boahen, Michael Frimpong, Renate Asare, Richard Larbi, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Sven Poppert, Wolfgang Rabsch, Florian Marks, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Jürgen May
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-03-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
Salmonella
disease transmission
drinking water
dug wells
risk factor
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/4/3535

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