Bioaerosol sampling optimization for community exposure assessment in cities with poor sanitation: A one health cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Evidence of exposure to enteric pathogens through the air and associated risk of infection is scarce in the literature outside of animal- or human-waste handling settings. Cities with poor sanitation are important locations to investigate this aerial exposure pathway as their rapid growth will pose unprecedented challenges in waste management. To address this issue, simple surveillance methods are needed. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to optimize a community exposure bioaerosol surveillance strategy for urban outdoor locations with poor sanitation, and to determine which bioaerosols could contribute to exposure. Passive and active bioaerosol sampling methods were used to characterize the fate and transport of sanitation-related bioaerosols during the rainy and dry seasons in

SUBMITTER: Rocha-Melogno L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7233250 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature