Research Article

Estimating the Health Risk Associated with the Use of Ecological Sanitation Toilets in Malawi

Table 5

Response levels for the estimated pathogens doses.

NumberPathogenPathogen dose (viable eggs or CFUs per person per year)Response levels
FAsUDDTsFAsUDDTs

A. lumbricoides1.30.80.730.55
Taenia0.70.60.500.45
Hookworms214.166.61.001.00
E. coli3224.61718.20.600.54
Salmonella1107.81018.20.100.90