Survey of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and intestinal parasites among food handlers working at Gondar University, Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dagnew, Mulat ^a   Tiruneh, Moges ^a   Moges, Feleke ^a   Tekeste, Zinaye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Food handlers; Intestinal parasites; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NOSE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870696693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-837     Document Type: Article

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