Bacteriological and Parasitological Assessment of Food Handlers in the Omdurman Area of Sudan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-73

  Saeed, Humodi Ahmed ^a   Hamid, Hatim Hassan ^b  

^a SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^b Khartoum North Hospital   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Entamoeba histolytica dispar; food handlers; Giardia lamblia; Staphylococcus aureus; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA BOYDII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949550438     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1684-1182(10)60010-2     Document Type: Article

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