Intestinal parasites among food handlers of food service establishments in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Intestinal parasites remain considerable public health problems in low-income countries where poor food hygiene practice is common. Food handlers, people involved in preparing and serving food, working with poor personal hygiene could pose a potential threat of spreading intestinal parasites to the public in a community. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was, therefore, to synthesize the pooled prevalence estimate of intestinal parasites and associated pooled odds ratio of hygienic predictors among food handlers of food service establishments in Ethiopia that could aid to further bringing down the burden of intestinal parasites and it can also be used as a springboard for future studies. METHODS:We searched exhaustively for studies Published before 20 April 201

SUBMITTER: Yimam Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6966842 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature