Women's desks 'harbour more bugs'

Women's workstations tend to harbour far more germs than those of their male colleagues, research suggests.

A University of Arizona team found the average office desktop harbours 400 times more bacteria than the average office toilet seat.

However, they also found that on average women have three to four times the amount of germs in, on and around their work area.

The researchers said women's habit of keeping snacks in their drawers could explain why their desks were more germ-ridden.

But men's wallets provided the most fertile bug breeding ground of all.