From: Contamination of Ethiopian paper currency notes from various food handlers with E. coli
Variables | No. of E. coli tested | C No. (%)a | OT No. (%)a | SXT No. (%)a | PB No. (%)b | N No. (%)c | |||
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S | S | S | S | R | S | I | R | ||
Food handlers and source | |||||||||
Meat handlers at butcher | 8 | 8 (100) | 8 (100) | 8 (100) | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.5) | – | 2 (25) | 6 (75) |
Milk seller at open market | 9 | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | – | 2 (22.2) | – | 7 (77.8) |
Milk seller at dairy station | 2 | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | – | – | – | 2 (100) |
Bread and the related food handler at cafeteria | 10 | 10 (100) | 10 (100) | 10 (100) | 10 (100) | – | – | – | 10 (100) |
Fruit and vegetables handlers at supermarket | 14 | 14 (100) | 14 (100) | 14 (100) | 14 (100) | – | – | 3 (21.4) | 11 (78.6) |
Currency | |||||||||
Birr 1 | 9 | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | – | – | – | 9 (100) |
Birr 5 | 10 | 10 (100) | 10 (100) | 10 (100) | 9 (90) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (20.0) | 7 (70.0) |
Birr 10 | 9 | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | – | 1 (11.1) | – | 8 (88.9) |
Birr 50 | 8 | 8 (100) | 8 (100) | 8 (100) | 8 (100) | – | – | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) |
Birr 100 | 7 | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | – | – | – | 7 (100) |
Total | 43 | 43 (100) | 43 (100) | 43 (100) | 42 (97.7) | 1 (2.3) | 2 (4.7) | 5 (11.6) | 36 (83.7) |