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Southern Medical Journal:

December 2002

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Bacterial Contamination of Paper Currency

POPE, THEODORE W. USAF, MC; ENDER, PETER T. MD; WOELK, WILLIAM K.; KOROSCIL, MICHAEL A.; KOROSCIL, THOMAS M. USAF, MC

Abstract

: One-dollar bills were collected from the general community in western Ohio to survey for bacterial contamination. Pathogenic or potentially pathogenic organisms were isolated from 94% of the bills. These results suggest a high rate of bacterial contamination of one-dollar bills.

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