PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH ARTICLE Environmental determinants of E. coli, link with the diarrheal diseases, and indication of vulnerability criteria in tropical West Africa (Kapore, Burkina Faso) 1 2 3 Elodie RobertID *, Manuela GrippaID , DayangneÂwende Edwige Nikiema , 2 4 2 5 Laurent KergoatID , Hamidou Koudougou , Yves AudaID , Emma Rochelle-Newall a1111111111 1 LETG, CNRS, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France, 2 GET, Universite de Toulouse III, CNRS, IRD, CNES, Toulouse, France, 3 LERMIT, Universite Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 4 Direction a1111111111 reÂgionale de la sante du Centre-Est, Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso, 5 Institute of Ecology and Environmental a1111111111 Sciences of Paris (iEES-Paris), Sorbonne UniversiteÂ, Universite Paris-Est CreÂteil, IRD, CNRS, INRAe, Paris, a1111111111 France a1111111111 *
[email protected] Abstract OPEN ACCESS Citation: Robert E, Grippa M, Nikiema DE, Kergoat In 2017, diarrheal diseases were responsible for 606 024 deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa. L, Koudougou H, Auda Y, et al. (2021) This situation is due to domestic and recreational use of polluted surface waters, deficits in Environmental determinants of E. coli, link with the hygiene, access to healthcare and drinking water, and to weak environmental and health diarrheal diseases, and indication of vulnerability monitoring infrastructures. Escherichia coli (E. coli) is an indicator for the enteric pathogens criteria in tropical West Africa (Kapore, Burkina Faso). PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(8): e0009634. that cause many diarrheal diseases. The links between E. coli, diarrheal diseases and envi- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009634 ronmental parameters have not received much attention in West Africa, and few studies Editor: Travis J.