Mbanga, Joshua https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6592-2338
Abia, Akebe Luther King
Amoako, Daniel Gyamfi
Essack, Sabiha. Y.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation (98342, 106063)
Article History
Received: 26 June 2020
Accepted: 5 November 2020
First Online: 12 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was received from the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (Reference: <b>BCA444/16</b> of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Permission to collect water samples was sought and granted by UMgeni water which owns and operates the investigated WWTP.
: Not applicable.
: Professor Essack is chairperson of the Global Respiratory Infection Partnership funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Reckitt and Benckiser (Pty.), UK. All other authors declare that they have no conflicting interests regarding the publication of this paper.