03 March 2010
Improper handling of chicken meat is responsible for the increase in intestine infections among children, two new Israeli studies have shown.
One study, by the Jerusalem District Office of the Health Ministry, found that while infections caused by the Salmonella and Shigella bacteria are on the decline, the number of infections caused by the Campylobacter bacteria is increasing.
A second study found that Campylobacter has become the leading reason that children are hospitalized with digestive system troubles in the western Galilee - much more so than Salmonella or Shigella (haaretz.xom).