Papers from the Maputo Sanitation (MapSan) trial
Braun, L., MacDougall, A., Sumner, T., Adriano, Z., Viegas, E., Nalá, R., Brown, J., Knee, J., and Cumming, O. 2024. Associations between shared sanitation, stunting and diarrhoea in low-income, high density urban neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique – a cross-sectional study. Maternal and Child Health Journal [accepted].
Capone, D., Cumming, O., Flemister, A., Ilevbare, V., Irish, S.R., Keenum, I., Knee, J., Nalá, R., Brown, J. 2024. Sanitation in urban areas may limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance via flies. PLOS One [accepted].
Holcomb, D.A., Monteiro, V., Capone, D., António, V., Chiluvane, M., Cumbane, V., Ismael, N., Knee, J., Kowalsky, E., Lai, A.J., Linden, Y., Mataveia, E., Nalá, R., Rao, R., Ribeiro, J., Cumming, O., Viegas, E., and Brown, J. Long-term impacts of an urban sanitation intervention on enteric pathogens in children in Maputo city, Mozambique: study protocol for a cross-sectional follow-up to the Maputo Sanitation (MapSan) trial five years post-intervention. BMJ-Open [full text].
Capone, D., Adriano, Z., Cumming, O., Irish, S., Knee, J., Nala, R., and Brown, J. 2023. Urban onsite sanitation upgrades and synanthropic flies in Maputo, Mozambique: effects on enteric pathogen infection risks. Environmental Science and Technology 57(1):549-560. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06864 [full text].
Capone, D., Barker, T., Cumming, O., Flemister, A., Geason, R., Kim, E., Knee, J., Linden, Y., Manga, M., Meldrum, M., Nalá, R., Smith, S., Brown, J. 2022. Persistent Ascaris transmission is possible in urban areas even where sanitation coverage is high. Environmental Science and Technology doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c04667 [full text].
Ross, I., Greco, G., Adriano, Z., Nalá, R., Brown, J., Opondo, C., and Cumming, O. 2022. Impact of a sanitation intervention on quality of life and mental wellbeing in low-income urban neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique: an observational study. BMJ-Open 12(10):e062517. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062517. [full text].
Kim, M., Rodriguez-R, L.M., Hatt, J.K., Kayali, O., Nalá, R., Dunlop, A., Brennan, P.A., Corwin, E., Smith, A.K., Brown, J., Konstantinidis, K.T. 2022. Higher pathogen load in children from Mozambique vs. USA revealed by comparative fecal microbiome profiling. ISME Communications 2(74): https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-022-00154-z [full text].
Zhu, K., Suttner, B., Knee, J., Capone, D., Moe, C.L., Stauber, C.E., Konstantinidis, K.T., Wallach, T.E., Pickering, A.J., and Brown, J. 2022. Elevated fecal mitochondrial DNA from symptomatic norovirus infections suggests potential health relevance of human mitochondrial DNA in fecal source tracking. Environmental Science and Technology Lettershttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00140 [full text].
Ross, I., Greco, G., Opondo, C., Adriano, Z., Nala, R., Brown, J., Dreibelbis, R., and Cumming, O. 2021. Measuring and valuing broader impacts in public health: development of a sanitation-related quality of life instrument in Maputo, Mozambique. Health Economics doi: 10.1002/hec.4462.
Ross, I., Cumming, O., Dreibelbis, R., Adriano, Z., Nala, R., and Greco, G. 2021. How does sanitation influence people’s quality of life? Qualitative research in low-income areas of Maputo, Mozambique. Social Science and Medicine [full text].
Holcomb, D., Knee, J., Capone, D., Sumner, T., Adriano, Z., Nalá, R., Cumming, O., Brown, J., Stewart, J. 2021. Impacts of an urban sanitation intervention on fecal indicators and the prevalence of human fecal contamination in Mozambique. Environmental Science and Technology [full text].
Bick, S., Buxton, H., Chase, R.P., Ross, I., Adriano, Z., Capone, C., Knee, J., Brown, J., Nalá, R., Cumming, O., and Dreibelbis, R. 2021. Using path analysis to test Theory of Change: a quantitative process evaluation of the MapSan trial. BMC Public Health [full text].
Capone, D., Berendes, D., Cumming, O., Holcomb, D., Knee, J., Konstantinidis, K., Levy, K., Nalá, R., Risk, B., Stewart, J., Brown, J. 2021. Impact of an urban sanitation intervention on enteric pathogen detection in soils. Environmental Science and Technology [full text].
Knee, J., Sumner, T., Adriano, Z., Anderson, C., Bush, F., Capone, D., Casmo, V., Holcomb, D., Kolsky, P., Macdougall, A., Molotkova, E., Braga, J.M., Russo, C., Schmidt, W.P., Stewart, J., Zambrana, W., Zuin, W., Nalá, R., Cumming, O., Brown, J. 2021. Effects of an urban sanitation intervention on childhood enteric infection and diarrhea in Maputo, Mozambique: a controlled before-and-after trial. eLife DOI: 10.7554/eLife.62278. [full text].
Capone, D., Chigwechokha, P., de los Reyes III, F., Holm, R. H., Risk, B. B., Tilley, E., and Brown, J. 2021. Impact of sampling depth on enteric pathogen detection in pit latrines. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009176.
Capone, D., Bivins, A., Knee, J., Cumming, O., Nalá, R., and Brown, J. 2021. A quantitative microbial risk assessment of pediatric infections attributable to ingestion of fecally contaminated domestic soils in low-income urban Maputo, Mozambique. Environmental Science and Technology 55(3): 1941–1952. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c06972.
Capone, D., Berendes, D., Cumming, O., Knee, J., Nala, R., Risk, B., Stauber, C., Zhu, K., Brown, J. 2020. Analysis of fecal sludges reveals common enteric pathogens in urban Maputo, Mozambique. Environmental Science and Technology Letters 7(12): 889:895. [full text].
Zhu, K., Suttner, B., Pickering, A., Konstantinidis, K., and Brown, J. 2020. A novel droplet digital PCR human mtDNA assay for fecal source tracking. Water Research 116085. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116085. [full text]
Holcomb, D.A., Knee, J., Sumner, T., Adriano, Z., de Bruijn, E., Nala, R., Cumming, O., Brown, J., Stewart, J.R. 2020. Human fecal contamination of water, soil, and surfaces in households sharing poor-quality sanitation facilities in Maputo, Mozambique. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 226: 113496. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113496. [full text].
Bick, S., Perieres, L., D’Mello-Guyett, L., Baker, K., Brown, J., Muneme, B., Nala, R., Dreibelbis, R., Cumming, O. 2020. Risk factors for child food contamination in low-income neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique – an exploratory, cross-sectional study. Maternal and Child Nutrition e12991. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12991. [full text].
Goddard, F.G.B., Knee, J., Sumner, T., Nalá, R., Clasen, T., and Brown, J. 2020. Child salivary SIgA and its relationship to enteric infections and EED biomarkers in Maputo, Mozambique. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(9): 3035. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17093035. [full text].
Capone, D., Buxton, H., Cumming, O., Dreibelbis, R., Knee, J., Nalá, R., Ross, I., Brown, J. 2020. Impact of an intervention to improve pit latrine emptying practices in low income urban neighborhoods of Maputo, Mozambique. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 226: 113480. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113480. [full text].
Berendes, D., Knee, J., Sumner, T., Capone, D., Lai, A., Wood, A., Patel, S., Nalá, R., Cumming, O., and Brown, J. 2019. Gut carriage of antimicrobial resistance genes among young children in urban Maputo, Mozambique: associations with enteric pathogen carriage and environmental risk factors. Plos One 14(11):e0225464. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225464. [full text]
Capone, D., Adriano, Z., Berendes, D., Cumming, O., Dreibelbis, R., Holcomb, D.A., Knee, J., Ross, I., and Brown, J. 2019. A localized sanitation status index as a proxy for fecal contamination in urban Maputo, Mozambique. Plos One14(10):e0224333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224333. [full text]
Brown, J. and Cumming, O. 2019. Stool-based pathogen detection offers advantages as an outcome measure for water, sanitation, and hygiene trials. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygienedoi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0639. [full text]
Knee, J., Sumner, T., Adriano, Z., Berendes, D., de Bruijn, E., Schmidt, W-P., Nalá, R., Cumming, O., and Brown, J. 2018. Risk factors for childhood enteric infection in urban Maputo, Mozambique: a cross-sectional study. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12(11): e0006956. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006956. [full text]
Shiras, T., Cumming, O., Brown, J., Muneme, B., Nala, R., and Dreibelbis, R. 2018. Shared sanitation management and the role of social capital: findings from an urban sanitation intervention in Maputo, Mozambique. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15(10). pii: E2222. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15102222. [full text]
Shiras, T., Cumming, O., Brown, J., Muneme, B., Nala, R., and Dreibelbis, R. 2018. Shared latrines in Maputo, Mozambique: exploring emotional well-being and psychosocial stress. BMC International Health and Human Rights 18(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s12914-018-0169-z. [full text]
Brown, J., Cumming, O., Bartram, J., Cairncross, S., Ensink, J., Holcomb, D., Kolsky, P., Knee, J., Liang, K., Liang, S., Nala, R., Norman, G., Rheingans, R., Stewart, J., Zavale, O., Zuin, V., Schmidt, W.P. 2015. A controlled, before-after trial of an urban sanitation intervention to reduce enteric infections in children: research protocol for the Maputo Sanitation (MapSan) study, Mozambique. BMJ-Open doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008215. [full text]