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Table 2 Eligibility criteria using the PECO framework

From: Do wastewater treatment plants increase antibiotic resistant bacteria or genes in the environment? Protocol for a systematic review

Population

Air and water samples from WWTPs

Exposure

Locations near WWTPs, or downstream/downwind/down-gradient from this plant in a unidirectional system

Comparator

Locations far away from WWTPs, or upstream/upwind/up-gradient from this plant in a unidirectional system

Outcome

Prevalence or concentration of ARB or ARG, specifically from E. coli and other coliforms

  1. ARB antibiotic-resistant bacteria, ARG antibiotic resistance genes, WWTPs wastewater treatment plants