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Fecal-associated routes of COVID-19 transmission in communities with people practicing open defecation. Open defecation enables multiple routes of transmission for COVID-19 and other fecal pathogens, such as via contaminated shoes, objects, surfaces, and open water bodies due to inadequate hand hygiene after practicing open defecation, human outdoor activities, and excreta-related mechanical vectors
