Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water Is Sustainable and Continues to Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh [Open Access]

Reference Type:
Journal Article

Secondary Title:

Series Title:

Author(s):
Huq, Anwar
Yunus, Mohammad
Sohel, Syed Salahuddin
Bhuiya, Abbas
Emch, Michael E.
Luby, Stephen P.
Russek-Cohen, Estelle
Nair, G. Balakrish
Sack, Richard Bradley
Colwell, Rita R.

Editor(s):

Series Author(s):

Year Published:
2010

Date Published:

Journal Name:
mBio

Volume Number:
1

Issue Number:
1

Start Page Number:
e00034-10

End Page Number:

Edition:

Series Volume:

Publisher:

City of Publication:

ISSN/ISBN:

DOI:
10.1128/mBio.00034-10

PMCID:
PMC2912662

NIHMSID:

Reference ID:
4622

Miscellaneous:

Abstract:

A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved effective. A follow-up study was conducted 5 years later to determine whether the filtration method continued to be employed by villagers and its impact on the incidence of cholera. A total of 7,233 village women collecting water daily for their households in Bangladesh were selected from the same study population of the original field trial for interviewing. Analysis of the data showed that 31% of the women used a filter of which 60% used sari filters for household water. Results showed that sari filtration not only was accepted and sustained by the villagers and benefited them, including their neighbors not filtering water, in reducing the incidence of cholera, the latter being an unexpected benefit.

Keyword(s):
Place, Space, and Health

URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00034-10

Notes:

RIS Export File:
Octet Stream icon

4622.ris — Octet Stream, 1 kB (1,444 bytes)

Citation:

Huq, Anwar; Yunus, Mohammad; Sohel, Syed Salahuddin; Bhuiya, Abbas; Emch, Michael E.; Luby, Stephen P.; Russek-Cohen, Estelle; Nair, G. Balakrish; Sack, Richard Bradley; & Colwell, Rita R. (2010). Simple Sari Cloth Filtration of Water Is Sustainable and Continues to Protect Villagers from Cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh [Open Access]. mBio, 1(1), e00034-10. PMCID: PMC2912662