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Bacteriological quality and associated risk factors of drinking water in Eastern zone, Tigrai, Ethiopia, 2019.
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- Bacteriological quality of drinking water and its associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and epidemiological distribution of indicators of pathogenic bacteria in households drinking water in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Bacteriological analysis of drinking water obtained from various public water coolers in Abha City, Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Physicians' degree of awareness regarding the risks, clinical practices, and management challenges of nosocomial legionnaires' disease: A cross-sectional study from two Ethiopian hospitals.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- Bacteriological quality and physicochemical analysis of the Kalte River at Wolaita Sodo Town, southern Ethiopia.BMC research notes · 2024Article
- Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and resistance-genes in drinking water source in north Shoa zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and drinking water contamination risk levels in households of Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Drinking water contamination potential and associated factors among households with under-five children in rural areas of Dessie Zuria District, Northeast Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Surveillance of Drinking Water Quality Worldwide: Scoping Review Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Bacteriological Quality of Drinking Water and Associated Factors at the Internally Displaced People Sites, Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional Study.Environmental health insights · 2021Article
- Application of Lab-on-Chip for Detection of Microbial Nucleic Acid in Food and Environment.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundAccess to safe drinking water is one of the basic human rights and is critical to health. However, much of the world's population lacks access to adequate and safe water. Approximately 884,000, 000 people in the world still do not get their drinking water from safe sources; Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for over one third of this number. It is estimated that 80% of all illnesses in the world are related to use of unsafe and contaminated water.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted from August 1st 2017 to July 30th 2018 in three randomly selected woreda (districts) of Eastern Zone Tigrai. Water samples were examined for total coliforms and thermotelorant coliforms using the most probable number method. Standard biochemical testing was performed on samples that tested positive to identify the genus of bacteria. The contaminant risk of water sources were assessed using the sanitary inspection checklist of the World Health Organization. The results were interpreted using World Health Organization guidelines for drinking water quality
resultsA total of 290 drinking water samples were analyzed for bacteriological quality. A total of 32.4% (
conclusionOur findings suggest that most water sources in woredas of Eastern Tigrai are contaminated by faecal coliforms. Therefore, regular sanitary inspection, bacteriological analysis, and adequate fencing should be mandatory to protect drinking water sources from faecal contamination.
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