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dc.contributor.authorKirya, Joshua
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-22T07:47:01Z
dc.date.available2021-04-22T07:47:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-02
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/10281
dc.descriptionA Research Report Submitted to the Department of Plant Science, Microbiology and Biotechnology for the in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Bachelors of Science in Biotechnology of Makerere Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractTyphoid fever is the most common illness among children and youths in Uganda because of its easy means of spread through contaminated water. This study was aimed at testing the presence of salmonella typhi borehole water and well water sources around Kasubi, Kalerwe and Ketizi. These are densely populated slums and therefore this helped me gain interest of pushing the study forward. Nine well water samples were picked from these places that is to say, three samples were picked in each place and also nine borehole samples were picked in the same manner. The samples were micro-filtered and the residue was cultured on nutrient broth, then selenite cystine, XLD medium and then purified in MacConkey agar. The colonies were counted directly by placing a grid on the culture plates and then using a microscope for viewing. All well water samples contained salmonella typhi while only the borehole water sample from Kalerwe contained salmonella typhien_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectBoreholesen_US
dc.subjectSalimonella typhien_US
dc.subjectKampalaen_US
dc.subjectContaminated wateren_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleComparison of the level of contamination of boreholes and wells with Salmonella typhi around Kampalaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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