Table 1.
Collection site characteristics and number of samples.
| Total Population 1 |
M5 Trial Participants 2 |
Number of Samples (n) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuevo Tocumen (Panama City) | 115,151 | 539 subjects | 11 |
| Las Mendozas (La Chorrera) | 165,000 | 334 subjects | 11 |
| Villa Real (La Chorrera) | 11 | ||
| David (Chiriquí) | 144,858 | 124 subjects | 8 |
| Las Lomas (Chiriquí) | 8 | ||
| Total | 425,009 | 997 | 49 |
1 Population surrounding the study participants but after the sewage is released from the local treatment plant. 2 The number of clinical trial participants within the community where the sewage was collected upstream from local treatment plants.