Salmonella carriage rate amongst school children--a three year study.

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dc.contributor.authorDevi, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorMurray, C Jen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T14:52:32Z
dc.date.available2009-05-27T14:52:32Z
dc.date.issued1991-09-01en_US
dc.descriptionThe Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.en_US
dc.description.abstractAs a part of three-years epidemiological survey of salmonellosis in South Kanara District, a southwest coastal region of India, an attempt was made to determine the human Salmonella carriage rate during the period between 1981 to 1983. One thousand and two asymptomatic school children 5 to 15 years of age, 42 restaurant employees and 17 dairy workers formed the subjects of this bacteriological study. The Salmonella carriage rate among healthy school children from a single fecal sampling was 1% and no Salmonellae were recovered from the feces of restaurant and dairy workers. Ten school children excreted Salmonellae which belonged to 6 different serotypes-Salmonella oslo, S. ohio, S. typhimurium, S. urbana, S. cerro and S. derby; S. oslo and S. ohio were the most frequent serotypes. No-S. typhi, S. paratyphi A or S. paratyphi B were recovered. All Salmonella strains recovered during this study were dual or multiple drug resistant, sulfadiazine and tetracycline resistance being commonly observed. The significance of excretion of potentially pathogenic, drug resistant Salmonellae by symptomless school children is discussed from public health point of view.en_US
dc.description.affiliationLaboratory of Developmental and Molecular Immunity, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDevi S, Murray CJ. Salmonella carriage rate amongst school children--a three year study. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1991 Sep; 22(3): 357-61en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/31320
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/publication.htmen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshCarrier State --drug therapyen_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshColony Count, Microbialen_US
dc.subject.meshDairyingen_US
dc.subject.meshFeces --microbiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIncidenceen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMicrobial Sensitivity Testsen_US
dc.subject.meshR Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshRestaurantsen_US
dc.subject.meshSalmonella Infections --drug therapyen_US
dc.subject.meshSerotypingen_US
dc.titleSalmonella carriage rate amongst school children--a three year study.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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