Title: Disease burden due to gastrointestinal pathogens in a wastewater system in Kampala, Uganda Authors: Samuel Fuhrimann, Mirko S. Winkler, Michelle Stalder, Charles B. Niwagaba, Mohammed Babu, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Abdullah A. Halage, Jürg Utzinger, Guéladio Cissé, Maarten Nauta Keywords: Bacteria, Gastroenteritis, Intestinal parasites, Quantitative microbial risk assessment, Viruses, Wastewater Published: 6 November 2016 Abstract:...Read More

Abstract Source separation and reuse of human urine decreases the environmental pollution of recipient waters and reduce the need for anthropogenic mineral fertilisers. At the same time the reuse of urine introduce another pathogen transmission route that needs to be managed. The inactivation of enteric pathogens and model organisms (Salmonella Typhimurium, Enterococcus faecalis., bacteriophages S....Read More