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Escherichia coli concentration, multiscale monitoring over the decade 2011–2021 in the Mekong River basin, Lao PDR
Laurie Boithias
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de
Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
Olivier Ribolzi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de
Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
Emma Rochelle-Newall
Sorbonne Université, Univ. Paris Est Creteil, IRD, CNRS, INRAE,
Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris (iEES-Paris),
Paris, France
Chanthanousone Thammahacksa
IRD, Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane,
Lao PDR
Paty Nakhle
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de
Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
Bounsamay Soulileuth
IRD, Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane,
Lao PDR
Anne Pando-Bahuon
IRD, Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane,
Lao PDR
Keooudone Latsachack
IRD, Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane,
Lao PDR
Norbert Silvera
IRD, Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane,
Lao PDR
Phabvilay Sounyafong
IRD, Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane,
Lao PDR
Khampaseuth Xayyathip
IRD, Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane,
Lao PDR
Rosalie Zimmermann
Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology
Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel,
Switzerland
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam
University Medical Centers (UMC), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Sayaphet Rattanavong
Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology
Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Priscia Oliva
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de
Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
Thomas Pommier
Laboratoire d'Ecologie Microbienne (LEM), CNRS, UCBL, VetAgroSup,
Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
Olivier Evrard
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL),
CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Sylvain Huon
Sorbonne Université, Univ. Paris Est Creteil, IRD, CNRS, INRAE,
Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris (iEES-Paris),
Paris, France
Jean Causse
Société Transcender, Rennes, France/Ecole des Hautes Etudes
en Santé Publique (EHESP), Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche en
Environnement et Santé, IRSET-INSERM, Rennes, France
Thierry Henry-des-Tureaux
IRD, Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane,
Lao PDR
Oloth Sengtaheuanghoung
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Department of
Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane, Lao PDR
Nivong Sipaseuth
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Department of
Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane, Lao PDR
Alain Pierret
IRD, Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALaM), Vientiane,
Lao PDR
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Short summary
Fecal pathogens in surface waters may threaten human health, especially in developing countries. The Escherichia coli (E. coli) database is organized in three datasets and includes 1602 records from 31 sampling stations located within the Mekong River basin in Lao PDR. Data have been used to identify the drivers of E. coli dissemination across tropical catchments, including during floods. Data may be further used to interpret new variables or to map the health risk posed by fecal pathogens.
Fecal pathogens in surface waters may threaten human health, especially in developing countries....
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