GIS-based analysis of the fate of waste-related pathogens Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia lamblia and Escherichia coli in a tropical canal network

• Main Authors: Mamadou B C Diallo, Alfredo J. Anceno, Benjawan Tawatsupa, Nitin K. Tripathi, Voranuch Wangsuphachart, Oleg V. Shipin
• Other Authors: Asian Institute of Technology Thailand
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Environmental Science; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/27581
• Institution: Mahidol University

Urban canals play a major socio-economic role in many tropical countries and, particularly, Thailand. One of the overlooked functions that they perform is a significant attenuation of waste-related pathogens posing considerable health risk, as well as pollution attenuation in general. The study deal...