Primary health clinic toilet/bathroom surface swab sampling can indicate community profile of sexually transmitted infections
Background The microbiome of built environment surfaces is impacted by the presence of humans. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that analysis of surface swabs from clinic toilet/bathroom yields results correlated with sexually transmitted infection (STI) notifications from corresponding human...
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| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-06-01
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| Series: | PeerJ |
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/3487.pdf |