Coliform contamination of vegetables obtained from popular restaurants in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Houston, Texas.
Food is the primary vehicle of transmission for traveler's diarrhea. We evaluated coliform contamination of vegetables from popular restaurants in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Houston, Texas. Contamination of vegetables in Guadalajara restaurants was widespread. Prevention of traveler's diarrhea by avoidance of "high-risk" foods may be unsuccessful, because contamination of foods may occur regardless of how they are prepared.
Koo
Hoonmo L
HL
Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jiang
Zhi-Dong
ZD
Brown
Eric
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Garcia
Coralith
C
Qi
Huibin
H
Dupont
Herbert L
HL
D003906:Developing Countries; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000378:metabolism; D005511:Food Handling; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D012147:Restaurants; D012307:Risk Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013781:Texas; D014195:Travel; D014675:Vegetables / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence
D004768:Enterotoxins