Davoud Balarak|Mohammad Jafari Modrek|Edris Bazrafshan|Hossein Ansari|Ferdos Kord Mostafapour
Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infection among Food Handlers in Northwest Iran
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences|Zahedan University of Medical Sciences|Zahedan University of Medical Sciences|Zahedan University of Medical Sciences|Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
parasitic diseases among important infectious diseases pose health problems many countries especially developing countries workers food centers could transmit parasitic infections absence sanitation descriptive study conducted determine prevalence intestinal parasitic infections food clerks city tabriz 2014 data recorded offices health center food handlers referred laboratory demographic stool tests receive health card parasitic infection observed 172 cases 373 4612 samples total 156 positive samples 9069 related protozoa 16 93 related helminthes parasitic infections related giardia entamoeba coli lowest infection related h nana also significant relationship level education parasitic infection rate mmlmath xmlnsmmlhttpwwww3org1998mathmathml idm1mmlmipmmlmimmlmommlmommlmn fontstyleitalic00044mmlmnmmlmath significant difference type infection amount intestinal parasites results show prevalence intestinal parasites especially pathogenic protozoa common food handlers therefore sanitary controls required increasing education play crucial role improving health people