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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2021

Reduced Bacterial Counts from a Sewage Treatment Plant but Increased Counts and Antibiotic Resistance in the Recipient Stream in Accra, Ghana-A Cross-Sectional Study.

Lady A B Adomako, Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah, Daniel Nukpezah, Arpine Abrahamya, Appiah-Korang Labi, Ruzanna Grigoryan, Hawa Ahmed, Josiah Owusu-Danquah, Ted Yemoh Annang, Regina A Banu and 6 more

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Lady A B AdomakoCSIR-Water Research Institute, 2nd CSIR Close, Achimota, Accra P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-9478-0057
Dzidzo Yirenya-TawiahInstitute for Environmental and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana, Accra P.O. Box LG 209, Ghana.
Daniel NukpezahInstitute for Environmental and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana, Accra P.O. Box LG 209, Ghana.
Arpine AbrahamyaTB Research and Prevention Center, Yerevan 0014, Armenia.
Appiah-Korang LabiWHO Country Office, Accra P.O. Box LG 209, Ghana.
Ruzanna GrigoryanTB Research and Prevention Center, Yerevan 0014, Armenia.
Hawa AhmedCSIR-Water Research Institute, 2nd CSIR Close, Achimota, Accra P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.
Josiah Owusu-DanquahCivil and Environmental Engineering Department, Cleveland State University, Cleveland Ohio, 2121 Euclid Ave. FH 121, Cleveland, OH 4411, USA.
Ted Yemoh AnnangInstitute for Environmental and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana, Accra P.O. Box LG 209, Ghana.
Regina A BanuCSIR-Water Research Institute, 2nd CSIR Close, Achimota, Accra P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.
Mike Y Osei-AtweneboanaCSIR-Water Research Institute, 2nd CSIR Close, Achimota, Accra P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.
Collins TimireInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 68 Boulevard Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris, France.
Hanock TweyaInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 68 Boulevard Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris, France.
Stephen E D AckonAccra Sewerage Improvement Project/Accra Metro Sewerage Unit, Ministries, Accra P.O. Box MB 201, Ghana.
Emmanuel NarteyAccra Sewerage Improvement Project/Accra Metro Sewerage Unit, Ministries, Accra P.O. Box MB 201, Ghana.
Rony ZachariahUNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, WHO, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2915-9328
University of Ghana · GHAccra Technical University · GHInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · FRCleveland State University · USWorld Health Organization · CH

Funding

National Institute of Health Research, Department of Health & Social Care of the United Kingdom noneWorld Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wastewater treatment plants receive sewage containing high concentrations of bacteria and antibiotics. We assessed bacterial counts and their antibiotic resistance patterns in water from (a) influents and effluents of the Legon sewage treatment plant (STP) in Accra, Ghana and (b) upstream, outfall, and downstream in the recipient Onyasia stream. We conducted a cross-sectional study of quality-controlled water testing (January-June 2018). In STP effluents, mean bacterial counts (colony-forming units/100 mL) had reduced

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antibiotic residuesantimicrobial resistanceOne Healthoperational researchSORT ITsustainable development goalswastewater treatment

Identifiers

PMID34068850
PMCPMC8163181
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