waterborne diseases

Molecular Characterization and Antibiogram of Selected Pathogens Isolated from Streams and Wells Water Sources in Three Local Government Areas of Rivers State, Nigeria

A. A. Okwelle, J. A. Lennox & B. E. Asikong · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2022

Aims: Reliance on unhealthy water sources such as hand dug wells and streams have led to the occurrence of waterborne diseases such as amoebic dysentery, gastroenteritis, typhoid fever and cholera among several communities in Rivers State. This study tends to identify selected mu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2022/v32i91342

Assessment of Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water in Market Gardening Sites in the Centre-Ouest Region in Burkina Faso

Kaboré Aminata, Savadogo Boubacar, Jacques Sawadogo, Kafando Haoua, Tarnagda Grissoum, Savadogo Windinpsidi Paul & Diagbouga Serge · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2020

Microbiological quality of drinking water in market gardening sites was assessed to understand the persistence of diarrhoeal diseases and malnutrition among children under five. Households with children under five (5) were selected in Dassa, Nebia, Nariou and Tanguin-wobdo locate...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i330206