Apparent Impact of Enteric Pathogens in Drinking Water and Implications for the Relentless Saga of HIV/ AIDS in South Africa

• Source:

• Momba MNB, Madoroba E, Obi CL. 2010. Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa.

• URL:

• http://www.formatex.info/microbiology2/615-625.pdf

• Countries:

• South Africa

• Summary:

• Worldwide there is a strong association between diarrhoeal diseases and contaminated water. South Africa is no exception. The majority of households in developing countries, the epicentre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, obtain their water from polluted and contaminated sources. Diarrhoeic pathogens have been more frequently isolated from stool samples of HIV/AIDS patients, and from their respective household drinking water, than from HIV-negative control groups. For these reasons, there are links between the quality of water, diarrhoea and HIV/AIDS, despite the fact that these aspects, at first glance, do not seem connected.