Potential pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes in household environments: a study of soil floors and cow dung in rural Bangladesh

ABSTRACT In low- and middle-income countries, living in homes with soil floors and animal cohabitation may expose children to fecal organisms, increasing the risk of enteric and antimicrobial-resistant infections. Our objective was to understand whether cow cohabitation in homes with soil floors in...

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Published in:	Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Main Authors:	Anna T. Nguyen, Kalani Ratnasiri, Gabriella Barratt Heitmann, Sumaiya Tazin, Claire Anderson, Suhi Hanif, Afsana Yeamin, Abul Kasham Shoab, Ireen Sultana Shanta, Farjana Jahan, Md. Sakib Hossain, Zahid Hayat Mahmud, Mohammad Jubair, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahbubur Rahman, Ayse Ercumen, Jade Benjamin-Chung
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2025-06-01
Subjects:	antimicrobial resistance housing one health shotgun metagenomic sequencing enteric pathogens
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.00669-25