Wastewater is a valuable source of information - Africa's scientists need to use it to find drug-resistant bacteria
By Akebe Luther King Abia, Associate professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Afsatou Ndama Traore, Associate Professor: Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology, University of Venda
Natasha Potgieter, Executive Dean: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda
Wastewater treatment plants receive wastewater from a variety of sources. This makes them useful proxies for determining the burden of antimicrobial resistance in communities.
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023