

@article {7928,
	title = {{Prevalence of Salmonella, Shigella and intestinal parasites in food handlers in Irbid, Jordan}},
	journal = {Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research},
	volume = {8},
	number = {4},
	year = {1990},
	pages = {160{\textendash}162},
	edition = {1990/12/01},
	abstract = {<p>During a one-year period, 283 food handlers in Irbid, Jordan were investigated for the presence of potential enteropathogens in their stools. The prevalence rate of enteropathogens among non-Jordanian food handlers (48.0{\%}) was significantly higher (p less than 0.05) than that of the Jordanian group (12.3{\%}). The isolation rates of Salmonella and Shigella were 6{\%} and 1.4{\%} respectively. Multi-drug resistance was frequent among isolates of Salmonella group B and Shigella spp. Intestinal parasites detected in the stools of food handlers included Ascaris lumbricoides (4.9{\%}), Giardia lamblia (3.9{\%}), Schistosoma mansoni, (2.8{\%}), hookworms 2.5{\%}, Hymenolyepis nana (1.8{\%}), Trichuris trichiura (1.1{\%}), Entamoeba histolytica (0.7{\%}), and Taenia saginata (0.4{\%}). This study emphasises the importance of food handlers, particularly the non-Jordanians, in Jordan, as potential source of food-borne infection.</p>
},
	isbn = {0253-8768 (Print)0253-8768 (Linking)},
	author = {Al-Lahham, A B and Abu-Saud, M and Shehabi, A A}
}
