Screening of Asymptomatic Typhoid Carriers from Nail Samples from Roadside Food Handlers

Norovirus infections in symptomatic and asymptomatic food handlers in Japan.

Noroviruses are the leading cause of outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the world. At present, norovirus genogroup II, genotype 4 (GII/4), strains are the most prevalent in many countries. In this study we investigated 55 outbreaks and 35 sporadic cases of norovirus-associated gastroenteritis in food handlers in food-catering settings between 10 November 2005 and 9 December 2006 in Japan. Stool sp...

Typhoid Fever and Typhoid Carriers

Molecular screening of Plasmodium sp. asymptomatic carriers among transfusion centers from Brazilian Amazon region.

The transmission of malaria in Brazil is heterogeneous throughout endemic areas and the presence of asymptomatic Plasmodium sp. carriers (APCs) in the Brazilian Amazon has already been demonstrated. Malaria screening in blood banks is based on the selection of donors in respect to possible risks associated with travel or residence, clinical evidence and/or inaccurate diagnostic methods thereby ...

prevalence of salmonella carriers among food handlers and detection of drug resistance of isolates in hamadan

background: salmonella is one of the major causes of human diseases related to food consumption. salmonella typhi and s. para-typhi are causes of typhoidal and para-typhoidal infections. some infected individuals recovering from this infection become temporary or permanent carriers, harboring the organisms in the gallbladder, biliary tract, or rarely in their intestines. the aims of this study ...

Ampicillin Treatment of Typhoid Carriers.

THE change in the clinical course of typhoid fever due to treatment with chloramphenicol has been one of the more dramatic triumphs of the antibiotic age. A prolonged fever has been converted into a short sharp febrile illness, so that the patient suffering from the disease, instead of being dangerously ill for several weeks, may well be sitting up in bed after three or four days on chloramphen...