Editorial: Emerging pathogens and contaminants in water matrices: human health risks, exposure pathways and epidemiological outcomes

Anthony A Adegoke; Olayinka A Aiyegoro; Sheena Kumari

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1283192

Editorial: Emerging pathogens and contaminants in water matrices: human health risks, exposure pathways and epidemiological outcomes

Front Microbiol. 2023 Sep 20:14:1283192. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1283192. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Anthony A Adegoke^{1

2}, Olayinka A Aiyegoro^{1

3}, Sheena Kumari⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria.
² Department of Community Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
³ Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North West University, Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa.
⁴ Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

No abstract available

Keywords: contaminated food cycle; emerging chemicals; emerging pathogens; exposure pathways; human health risks; source tracking and mitigation steps; wastewater reuse.

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

The authors hereby acknowledge National Research Fund (NRF) of the TETFUND, Project Code TETF/DR&D-CE/NRF/2020/SETI/99/VOL.1 for the availability of fund that enabled smooth running of this study.