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Enteric Pathogens in Soil Adjacent to Public Waste Bins in Maputo, Mozambique Offers Potential for Environmental Surveillance

2026-02-04 public and global health Title + abstract only
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Wastewater surveillance has been widely adopted since the COVID-19 pandemic, but non-sewered or onsite sanitation is a common form of sanitation in cities of low- and middle-income countries. Environmental surveillance in these settings requires expanding analyses beyond wastewater. We collected 81 soil samples adjacent to public waste bins inside the sewered and non-sewered areas of Maputo and a 150-meter-wide buffer zone between the two areas, as well as from subsistence farms near the wastewa...

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