ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025
Environmental Exposures Associated with Enteropathogen Infection in Six-Month-Old Children Enrolled in the ECoMiD Cohort along a Rural-Urban Gradient in Northern Ecuador†.
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- Household determinants of animal and human fecal contamination on floors and hands in northwestern coastal Ecuador.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Videography of pathways for enteric pathogen exposure among children in urban informal settlements in Fiji and Indonesia.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Integrated serosurveillance to assess disease elimination in coastal Ecuador: onchocerciasis, yaws, and trachoma.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Child exposure to animal feces and zoonotic pathogens in northwest Ecuador: A mixed-methods study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Microbial source tracking of human and animal fecal contamination in Ecuadorian households.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Environmental exposures associated with the gut microbiome and resistome of pregnant women and children in Northwest Ecuador.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Prenatal and postnatal environmental influences on child growth trajectories across a rural-urban gradient: an analysis of the ECoMiD longitudinal birth cohort.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Microbial source tracking of human and animal fecal contamination in Ecuadorian households.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Environmental Exposures and the Human Gut Resistome in Northwest Ecuador.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Multiplex PCR Detection of Enteric Pathogens in a Community-based Birth Cohort in Ecuador: Comparison of xTAG-GPP and TaqMan Array Card Assays.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
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Abstract
Enteropathogens are major contributors to mortality and morbidity, particularly in settings with limited access to water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure. To assess transmission pathways associated with enteropathogen infection, we measured household environmental conditions and assayed 22 enteropathogens using TaqMan Array Cards in stool samples from 276 six-month-old children living in communities along a rural-urban gradient in Northern Ecuador. We utilized multivariable models, risk factor importance, and distance-based statistical methods to test factors associated with infection. Most children (89%) carried at least one pathogen, and 72% carried two or more. Bacterial infections (82% of participants) were more common than viruses (58%) or parasites (9.1%). Infants living in the urban site had decreased infection risks compared to those in rural locations. Improved water and sanitation were most predictive of reduced infection risk. Improved water was associated with decreased enterotoxigenic
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