Tuesday, 19 September 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Antibiotic resistance (08): India (MH) human sewage

Antimicrobial resistance, Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) -- India
"Efficient sewage treatment is critical for limiting environmental transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In many low- and middle-income countries, however, large proportions of sewage are still released untreated into receiving water bodies. In-depth knowledge of how such discharges of untreated urban waste influences the environmental resistome is largely lacking. Here, we highlight the impact of uncontrolled discharge of partially treated and/or untreated wastewater on the structure

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