Table 8. Sensitivity analysis for the level of reduction in prescriptions needed to protect 90+% of the length of the modelled River Thames catchment from resistance gene selection.
% Reduction in Prescriptions | Number of reaches ‘at risk’ or ‘critical’ | Length ‘at risk’ or ‘critical’ (km) | % Length ‘at risk’ or ‘critical’ | |
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Macrolides | 80 | 69 | 110 | 7.9 |
77 | 82 | 134 | 9.6 | |
76 | 86 | 157 | 11.2 | |
75 | 93 | 169 | 12.1 | |
Fluoroquinolones | 85 | 82 | 135 | 9.6 |
84 | 88 | 157 | 11.2 | |
83 | 96 | 175 | 12.5 | |
80 | 118 | 215 | 15.4 |