Hailu Kassa

TL;DR: Results of the study indicate that C. parvum is a major cause of cryptosporidiosis in HIV-positive patients and zoonotic transmission is important in cryptosporaidiosis epidemiology in Ethiopia, and they confirm that different Cryptosporidium species and subtypes are linked to different clinical manifestations.

TL;DR: The results of this study indicate that Canada geese might only serve as accidental carriers of cryptosporidia infectious to humans and probably play a minor role in the animal-to-human transmission cycle of the pathogen.

TL;DR: Examination of food inspection reports from the Toledo/Lucas County Health Department from March 2005 through February 2006 compared food hygiene violations between food service facilities with certified and without certified food managers and recommended that those characteristics of institutional and chain restaurants that result in fewer violations should be identified.

TL;DR: Although more restaurants received poor rating scores by visual inspection than by microbiological evaluation, the presence of fecal bacteria from different sites in more than 50% of the food service operations indicated that visual inspection alone might not be sufficient for minimizing potential risk for foodborne disease outbreaks.

TL;DR: Food service operations with trained personnel/food handlers received better inspection reports than food service operations without trained personnel and were less likely to contribute to foodborne outbreaks and may be important for preventing outbreaks.