# Editorial: Mitigating microbial contamination of drinking water sources

**Authors:** Mohamed Azab El-Liethy, Sylvester Chibueze Izah, Godlisten N. Shao, Matthew Chidozie Ogwu, Ilunga Kamika

PMC · DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1779272 · Frontiers in Microbiology · 2026-02-16

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** PAM (MESH:D008590), waterborne (MESH:D000069578), microbial (MESH:D015163), cholera (MESH:D002771), diarrhea (MESH:D003967), dysentery (MESH:D004403), N. fowleri infections (MESH:D020808), norovirus (MESH:D017250), death (MESH:D003643), infection (MESH:D007239), fecal coliform (MESH:D005242), bacterial (MESH:D001424), parasite infections (MESH:D010272), polio (MESH:D011051), typhoid (MESH:D014435)
- **Chemicals:** 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (MESH:C011506), ClO2 (MESH:C025109), nitrate (MESH:D009566), water (MESH:D014867), NO3 (MESH:C038619), BAC (MESH:D001548), Bi TiO2-P25 (-), H2O2 (MESH:D006861), Na (MESH:D012964), K (MESH:D011188), sodium hypochlorite (MESH:D012973), OPPs (MESH:C402885)
- **Species:** Naegleria fowleri (brain-eating amoeba, species) [taxon 5763], Cryptosporidium (genus) [taxon 5806], Escherichia coli (E. coli, species) [taxon 562], Salmonella (genus) [taxon 590], Microcystis (genus) [taxon 1125], Acanthamoeba (genus) [taxon 5754], Legionella (genus) [taxon 445], Vermamoeba vermiformis (species) [taxon 5778], Phocaeicola dorei (species) [taxon 357276], Adenoviridae (family) [taxon 10508], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Entamoeba (genus) [taxon 5758], Enterobacteriaceae (enterobacteria, family) [taxon 543], Rotavirus (genus) [taxon 10912]

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