Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water Is Sustainable and Continues To Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved effective. A follow-up study was conducted 5 years later to determine whether the filtration method continued to be employed by villagers and its impact on th...
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| author | Anwar Huq Mohammed Yunus Syed Salahuddin Sohel Abbas Bhuiya Michael Emch Stephen P. Luby Estelle Russek-Cohen G. Balakrish Nair R. Bradley Sack Rita R. Colwell |
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| description | ABSTRACT A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved effective. A follow-up study was conducted 5 years later to determine whether the filtration method continued to be employed by villagers and its impact on the incidence of cholera. A total of 7,233 village women collecting water daily for their households in Bangladesh were selected from the same study population of the original field trial for interviewing. Analysis of the data showed that 31% of the women used a filter of which 60% used sari filters for household water. Results showed that sari filtration not only was accepted and sustained by the villagers and benefited them, including their neighbors not filtering water, in reducing the incidence of cholera, the latter being an unexpected benefit. IMPORTANCE A simple method for filtering pond and river water to reduce the incidence of cholera, field tested in Matlab, Bangladesh, proved effective in reducing the incidence of cholera by 48%. A follow-up study conducted 5 years later showed that 31% of the village women continued to filter water for their households, with both an expected and an unexpected benefit that filtration had both a direct and indirect effect in reducing cholera (chi-square statistic of 1,591.94; P = <0.0001). Results of the study showed that the practice of filtration not only was accepted and sustained by the villagers but also benefited those who filtered their water as well as neighbors not filtering water for household use in reducing the incidence of cholera. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71e62708235d418f932aaa3a41284c9e2022-12-21T21:25:26ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologymBio2150-75112010-05-011110.1128/mBio.00034-10Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water Is Sustainable and Continues To Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, BangladeshAnwar Huq0Mohammed Yunus1Syed Salahuddin Sohel2Abbas Bhuiya3Michael Emch4Stephen P. Luby5Estelle Russek-Cohen6G. Balakrish Nair7R. Bradley Sack8Rita R. Colwell9Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USAInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, BangladeshInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, BangladeshInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USAInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USAInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, BangladeshJohns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USAMaryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USAABSTRACT A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved effective. A follow-up study was conducted 5 years later to determine whether the filtration method continued to be employed by villagers and its impact on the incidence of cholera. A total of 7,233 village women collecting water daily for their households in Bangladesh were selected from the same study population of the original field trial for interviewing. Analysis of the data showed that 31% of the women used a filter of which 60% used sari filters for household water. Results showed that sari filtration not only was accepted and sustained by the villagers and benefited them, including their neighbors not filtering water, in reducing the incidence of cholera, the latter being an unexpected benefit. IMPORTANCE A simple method for filtering pond and river water to reduce the incidence of cholera, field tested in Matlab, Bangladesh, proved effective in reducing the incidence of cholera by 48%. A follow-up study conducted 5 years later showed that 31% of the village women continued to filter water for their households, with both an expected and an unexpected benefit that filtration had both a direct and indirect effect in reducing cholera (chi-square statistic of 1,591.94; P = <0.0001). Results of the study showed that the practice of filtration not only was accepted and sustained by the villagers but also benefited those who filtered their water as well as neighbors not filtering water for household use in reducing the incidence of cholera.https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00034-10 |
| spellingShingle | Anwar Huq Mohammed Yunus Syed Salahuddin Sohel Abbas Bhuiya Michael Emch Stephen P. Luby Estelle Russek-Cohen G. Balakrish Nair R. Bradley Sack Rita R. Colwell Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water Is Sustainable and Continues To Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh mBio |
| title | Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water Is Sustainable and Continues To Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh |
| title_full | Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water Is Sustainable and Continues To Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water Is Sustainable and Continues To Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water Is Sustainable and Continues To Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh |
| title_short | Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water Is Sustainable and Continues To Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh |
| title_sort | simple sari cloth filtration of water is sustainable and continues to protect villagers from cholera in matlab bangladesh |
| url | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00034-10 |
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