Prevalence and Predictors of Intestinal Parasites among Food Handlers in Yebu Town, Southwest Ethiopia

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 10; p. e110621
• Main Authors: Tefera, Tamirat, Mebrie, Getye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 17.10.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Animals; Ascaris lumbricoides; Ascaris lumbricoides - isolation & purification; Ascaris lumbricoides - parasitology; Biology and Life Sciences; Developing countries; Ethiopia - epidemiology; Female; Food contamination; Food contamination & poisoning; Food Handling; Food safety; Food sanitation; Food service industry; Foodborne diseases; Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology; Foodborne Diseases - parasitology; Hand Disinfection; Handlers; Health aspects; Humans; Hygiene; Infection; Infections; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - epidemiology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - parasitology; Intestinal parasites; Intestine; Laboratories; LDCs; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Parasites; Parasites - isolation & purification; Parasites - pathogenicity; Parasitic diseases; Personal hygiene; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Public health; School food services; Screening; Teaching hospitals; Trichuris trichiura; Urbanization; Vendors; Washing; Ethiopia; Nigeria

As a result of urbanization, eating and drinking from food service establishments is becoming a common practice in developing countries like Ethiopia, which increases the chances of food borne diseases. The health status and hygiene practices of food handlers are the major determinants of food conta...