Leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment to assess changes in antibiotic use and antibiotic-resistant E. coli carriage in semi-rural Ecuador

Abstract The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had significant impacts on health systems, population dynamics, public health awareness, and antibiotic stewardship, which could affect antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) emergence and transmission. In this study, we aimed to compare knowledge,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heather K. Amato, Fernanda Loayza, Liseth Salinas, Diana Paredes, Daniela García, Soledad Sarzosa, Carlos Saraiva-Garcia, Timothy J. Johnson, Amy J. Pickering, Lee W. Riley, Gabriel Trueba, Jay P. Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39532-5