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Bacterial Indicators of Risk of Diarrhoeal Disease from Drinking Water in the Philippines

Date
29th Dec, 2009
Author
C.L. Moe, M.D. Sobsey, G.P.Samsa, V.Mesolo
Inadequate measures of water quality have been used in many studies of the health effects associated with water supplies in developing countries. The present 1-year epidemiological - microbiological study evaluated four bacterial indicators of tropical drinking water (faecal coliforms, Escherichia Coli, Enterococci & Faecal Streptococci) and their relationship to the prevalence of diarrhoeal disease in a population of 690 under 2 year olds in Cebu, Philippines..

With thanks to the World Health Organization
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