Background: The hygiene of environmental surfaces from shopping, ATM machines, telephones and computers and miscellaneous sites play role in spreading fecal and total coliform bacteria as well as pathogenic bacteria. ...Background: The hygiene of environmental surfaces from shopping, ATM machines, telephones and computers and miscellaneous sites play role in spreading fecal and total coliform bacteria as well as pathogenic bacteria. Objectives: This study addresses the contaminated common sites by pathogenic or potentially pathogenic bacteria in Mecca, SA. Materials and Methods: A total 648 swab samples were collected and analyzed for presence or absence of pathogenic bacteria. Results: Of the total samples 422 were negative bacterial count (71%) and 226 (29%) were positive. All collected samples (100%) of glass windows in the fish markets were bacterial counted;most dominated was Bacillus spp. (n = 97) and the highest population of species was Enterococcus faecalis (n = 40) and E. coli (n = 16). Conclusion: Some public sites were very contaminated with different types of fecal coliform group of bacteria such as shopping cart handles, inner surfaces and child seats in supermarkets, and the glass windows in the fish market. Acinetobacter haemolyticus and other hemolytic bacteria were isolated from more than site.展开更多
Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture is located in the northwest Gansu Province. Linxia used to be a strategically important town on the conjunction of ancient Silk Road, Tang Dynasty-Ancient Tibet Passage and Gansu-Sichuan
As the first Islamic sacred city,the health security of drinking water in Mecca has been highly concerned since ancient time.As a unique potable water resource of Mecca,the health security of Bir Zam Zam has aroused t...As the first Islamic sacred city,the health security of drinking water in Mecca has been highly concerned since ancient time.As a unique potable water resource of Mecca,the health security of Bir Zam Zam has aroused the high attention of Muslims and related countries all over the world,which is closely related to the special status generated by the origin of the role in the sa’y ceremony of the hajj.Because of this,Zam Zam water is widely regarded as‘sacred water’and appears the phenomenon of reli-gious alienation in its health function.In 2013,Saudi Arabia launched a new Bir Zam Zam project to improve water quality by more scientific and technological means.Relevant tests found that its water quality could meet the potable water standards of the World Health Organisation and the American Public Health Association,but there were also voices of doubt from abroad,and Saudi Arabia also responded to this.With the advent of the post-pandemic era and the resumption of the hajj for Muslims outside Saudi Arabia in 2022,the consumption of Bir Zam Zam by pilgrims and Muslims will rise to high levels,inevitably leading to an upward risk to international health security.展开更多
文摘Background: The hygiene of environmental surfaces from shopping, ATM machines, telephones and computers and miscellaneous sites play role in spreading fecal and total coliform bacteria as well as pathogenic bacteria. Objectives: This study addresses the contaminated common sites by pathogenic or potentially pathogenic bacteria in Mecca, SA. Materials and Methods: A total 648 swab samples were collected and analyzed for presence or absence of pathogenic bacteria. Results: Of the total samples 422 were negative bacterial count (71%) and 226 (29%) were positive. All collected samples (100%) of glass windows in the fish markets were bacterial counted;most dominated was Bacillus spp. (n = 97) and the highest population of species was Enterococcus faecalis (n = 40) and E. coli (n = 16). Conclusion: Some public sites were very contaminated with different types of fecal coliform group of bacteria such as shopping cart handles, inner surfaces and child seats in supermarkets, and the glass windows in the fish market. Acinetobacter haemolyticus and other hemolytic bacteria were isolated from more than site.
文摘Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture is located in the northwest Gansu Province. Linxia used to be a strategically important town on the conjunction of ancient Silk Road, Tang Dynasty-Ancient Tibet Passage and Gansu-Sichuan
基金the major procject of Key Research Inititute at University,Chinese Ministry of Education[2022JDPA002].
文摘As the first Islamic sacred city,the health security of drinking water in Mecca has been highly concerned since ancient time.As a unique potable water resource of Mecca,the health security of Bir Zam Zam has aroused the high attention of Muslims and related countries all over the world,which is closely related to the special status generated by the origin of the role in the sa’y ceremony of the hajj.Because of this,Zam Zam water is widely regarded as‘sacred water’and appears the phenomenon of reli-gious alienation in its health function.In 2013,Saudi Arabia launched a new Bir Zam Zam project to improve water quality by more scientific and technological means.Relevant tests found that its water quality could meet the potable water standards of the World Health Organisation and the American Public Health Association,but there were also voices of doubt from abroad,and Saudi Arabia also responded to this.With the advent of the post-pandemic era and the resumption of the hajj for Muslims outside Saudi Arabia in 2022,the consumption of Bir Zam Zam by pilgrims and Muslims will rise to high levels,inevitably leading to an upward risk to international health security.
