Microbial reductions and physical characterization of chitosan flocs when using chitosan acetate as a cloth filter aid in water treatment

• Hemali H. Oza ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hemali.harish.oza@emory.edu (HHO); mark_sobsey@unc.edu (MDS)

  Affiliations Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States of America, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5432-3919

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• Eleanor B. Holmes,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

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• Emily S. Bailey,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Julia Jones Matthews Department of Public Health, Abilene, TX, United States of America

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• Collin K. Coleman,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1358-5138

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• Mark D. Sobsey

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hemali.harish.oza@emory.edu (HHO); mark_sobsey@unc.edu (MDS)

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

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