Title of article :
Second-Hand Clothe, a New Threat for Acquiring Parasitic Infection
Author/Authors :
RAKHSHANPOUR, Arash Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , AGHAHOSSEIN SHIRAZY, Abolghasem Clothe Sandica of Tehran - Tehran, Iran , SHAFIEI, Reza North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences - Bojnurd, Iran , RAHIMI, Mohammad Taghi Shahroud University of Medical Sciences - Shahroud, Iran
Abstract :
Clothes are an important part of human life and in close contact with human. Their sanitation plays a significant role in human health. Some people purchase and wear second-hand or vin-tage clothes due to the economic problems. This fact put their health at risk of some microbial in-fection including bacteria, fungi, parasitic and viral infections. Some skin diseases such as der-matitis, scabies and fungal diseases can be trans-mitted by wearing unwashed second-hand clothes (1, 2).
Keywords :
Second-Hand , Clothes , Iran , Enterobius ova
Journal title :
Iranian Journal of Public Health
