title: Bacterial contamination of paper currency.
abstract: One-dollar bills were collected from the general community in western Ohio to survey for bacterial contamination. Pathogenic or potentially pathogenic organisms were isolated from 94% of the bills. These results suggest a high rate of bacterial contamination of one-dollar bills.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-5529, USA.
authors.forename: Theodore W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: Peter T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Ender
authors.forename: William K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Woelk
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Koroscil
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Koroscil
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009820:Ohio; D010209:Paper