Coliform bacteria as indicators of diarrheal risk in household drinking water: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Coliform bacteria as indicators of diarrheal risk in household drinking water: systematic review and meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Current guidelines recommend the use of Escherichia coli (EC) or thermotolerant ("fecal") coliforms (FC) as indicators of fecal contamination in drinking water. Despite their broad use as measures of water quality, there remains limited evidence for an associ...

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Main Authors: Joshua S Gruber, Ayse Ercumen, John M Colford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107429
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