title: High fecal hand contamination among wilderness hikers.
abstract: Information about hand hygiene and fecal hand contamination among the general public is limited. Hands are an important vector in transmission of various pathogenic bacteria. We found high (31%) prevalence of fecal hand contamination among healthy adults engaged in hiking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
authors.forename: Dylan S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kellogg
authors.forename: Paula F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: Deanna L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kiska
authors.forename: Scott W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Riddell
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology*; D063373:Hand Hygiene; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D013177:Sports; D055814:Wilderness