Spatial and temporal variation in the community prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Bangladesh: an integrated surveillance study protocol.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Increasing antibiotic resistance (ABR) in low-income and middle-income countries such as Bangladesh presents a major health threat. However, assessing the scale of the health risk is problematic in the absence of reliable data on the community prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. We describe the protocol for a small-scale integrated surveillance programme that aims to quantify the prevalence of colonisation with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and concentrations of antibiotic-resistant genes from a 'One Health' perspective. The holistic assessment of ABR in humans, animals and within the environment in urban and rural Bangladesh will generate comprehensive data to inform human health risk. METHODS AND ANALYSIS:The study design focuses on three exposure-relevant sites whe

SUBMITTER: Rousham E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5931287 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature