EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF ENTEROPATHOGENIC CARRIER STATE AMONG FOOD HANDLERS OF ARMED FORCES EATING ESTABLISHMENTS.

A cross-sectional epidemiological study was undertaken on a randomly selected sample of 308 food handlers working in different eating establishments of Indian Armed Forces in Pune. These included 101 Service personnel and 207 civilians. Stool samples were analysed for enteropathogens and epidemiological assessment of gastrointestinal disease occurrence in the military units of these food handlers was undertaken.