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Asymptomatic Hospital Foodhandlers Should Not Be Screened Routinely for Intestinal Parasites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Duc J. Vugia  and
Patricia M. Griffin
Duc J. Vugia*
Affiliation:
Parasitic Diseases Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia
Patricia M. Griffin
Affiliation:
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCID/CDC Mailstop F-13, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 303413724
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 14 , Issue 8 , August 1993 , pp. 457 - 458
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1993

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