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Drew Capone1, Marcia Chiluvane2, Victoria Cumbane2

  • 1Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States.

概括

在各种水和土壤矩阵中对环境病原体的监测可以为缺乏传统废水服务的低收入国家提供公共卫生信息. 这项在莫桑比克的马普托进行的研究强调了病原体的存在和流动,为减少暴露和干预策略提供了洞察力.

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