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ArticleMicroorganisms2026

Faecal Coliforms and

Harriet Ng'ombe, Charlie C Luchen, Bernard Phiri, Dennis Ngosa, Robby Kapikila, Sydney Sakanya, Chikondi Sakala, Nyuma Mbewe, Fraser Liswaniso, Roma Chilengi and 7 more

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Article in Microorganisms, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Harriet Ng'ombeBasic Science and Immunology Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0002-3601-0660
Charlie C LuchenBasic Science and Immunology Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Bernard PhiriBasic Science and Immunology Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0009-0005-2657-8913
Dennis NgosaBasic Science and Immunology Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0009-0002-6338-4841
Robby KapikilaBasic Science and Immunology Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Sydney SakanyaBasic Science and Immunology Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Chikondi SakalaBasic Science and Immunology Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Nyuma MbeweZambia National Public Health Institute, Stand 1186, Corner of Chaholi and Addis Ababa Roads, Rhodes Park, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0002-3309-0538
Fraser LiswanisoBasic Science and Immunology Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Roma ChilengiZambia National Public Health Institute, Stand 1186, Corner of Chaholi and Addis Ababa Roads, Rhodes Park, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-0221-9527
Eduan WilkinsonCentre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town 7600, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2503-9441
Lenine LiebenbergCentre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town 7600, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6768-8776
Wesaal KhanStellenbosch University Water Institute, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1559-9485
Nicholas R ThomsonWellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
David SackCentre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town 7600, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9338-5119
Samuel BosomprahBasic Science and Immunology Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0002-2826-3887
Caroline C ChisengaBasic Science and Immunology Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0002-7850-7915

Funding

Science for Africa Foundation to the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science in Africa (DELTAS Africa) programme, DEL-22-012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The October 2023 to 2024 cholera outbreak demonstrates significant challenges related to water quality and sanitation, especially in peri-urban areas with limited access to clean water. This study assesses the presence of faecal coliforms and

Indexed as

drinking waterEscherichia colifaecal coliformriskswaterborne disease

Identifiers

PMID41753707
PMCPMC12943665

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