Microbiological contamination of young children's hands in rural Bangladesh: Associations with child age and observed hand cleanliness as proxy.

Microbiological contamination of young children's hands in rural Bangladesh: Associations with child age and observed hand cleanliness as proxy.

<h4>Background</h4>Hands are a route of transmission for fecal-oral pathogens. This analysis aimed to assess associations between hand E. coli contamination and child age and determine if observed hand cleanliness can serve as a proxy for E. coli contamination on young children's ha...

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Main Authors: Sarker Masud Parvez, Rashidul Azad, Amy J Pickering, Laura H Kwong, Benjamin F Arnold, Musarrat Jabeen Rahman, Md Zahidur Rahman, Mahfuja Alam, Debashis Sen, Sharmin Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, John M Colford, Stephen P Luby, Leanne Unicomb, Ayse Ercumen
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.0222355

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222355

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