Impact of anthropogenic activities on the occurrence and distribution of toxic metals, extending-spectra β-lactamases and carbapenem resistance in sub-Saharan African urban rivers

The occurrence and dissemination of toxic metals, antibiotic resistant bacteria and their resistance genes (ARGs) in the aquatic ecosystems of sub-Saharan African countries are still understudied, despite their potential to threat human health and aquatic organisms. In this context, the co-contamina...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2020-07, Vol.727, p.138129-138129, Article 138129
Main Authors: Laffite, Amandine, Al Salah, Dhafer Mohammed M., Slaveykova, Vera I., Otamonga, Jean-Paul, Poté, John
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