Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Salmonella, Shigella, and Intestinal Parasites among Food Handlers in Motta Town, North West Ethiopia

Background. Intestinal parasite, Salmonella, and Shigella infections are the main public health concerns in the world, especially in developing countries due to inaccessibility of safe water and unhygienic food handling practices of food handlers. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in fo...

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Published in:The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology 2020-01, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-11
Main Authors: Yesigat, Tibebu, Birhan, Wubet, Jemal, Mohabaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ampicillin
Analysis
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance
Biochemical tests
Care and treatment
Catering
Citric acid
Data analysis
Developing countries
Diagnosis
Dosage and administration
Drug resistance
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Fingernail
Food
Food contamination & poisoning
Food handling
Food packaging
Food poisoning
Food safety
Food sanitation
Food services
Food sources
Handlers
Health aspects
Indoles
Infection
Infectious diseases
Intestinal parasites
Intestine
Iron
Kitchen utensils
LDCs
Lysine
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Mortality
Parasites
Parasitic diseases
Personal hygiene
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Prevention
Public health
Regression analysis
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Safety and security measures
Salmonella
Shigella
Species
Statistical analysis
Sulfides
Tetracycline
Tetracyclines
Towns
Urease
Utensils
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Summary:Background. Intestinal parasite, Salmonella, and Shigella infections are the main public health concerns in the world, especially in developing countries due to inaccessibility of safe water and unhygienic food handling practices of food handlers. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in food handlers in Motta town, from February 2019 to April 2019. The study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of Salmonella, Shigella, and intestinal parasites among 243 food handlers. Sociodemographic and risk factors were collected using pretested structured questionnaire. The stool sample was collected and examined with direct wet mount and concentration techniques. Culture was performed using xylose lysine deoxycholate agar and MacConkey agar and biochemical tests like Klinger iron agar (KIA), lysine iron agar (LIA), Simmons citrate agar, sulphide indole motility test, citrate utilization, and urease production test were conducted to isolate Salmonella species and Shigella species. An antibiotics susceptibility test was performed with Mueller-Hinton agar using the disk diffusion method. Data were entered using statistical package Epi-Data Version 3.1 and analysed with logistic regression using SPSS version 25 and Fisher’s exact test. A p value 
ISSN:1712-9532
1918-1493
DOI:10.1155/2020/6425946