Example Of A Real Life Outbreak Of Salmonella

* Artavia Combs * * November 22, 2011 * * Jennifer Schmitz * * Salmonella * * * What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite.
Samonella is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacilli that can cause diarrheal illnesses in humans. The infectious agent that causes Salmonella is Salmonella Enterditis . Salmonella Enterditis is the infectious agent that breaks out to be salmonella, which is usually found in food and when ingested you will have food poisining . * How is this infectious agent transmitted through food or water?
This disease can be very harmful when ingested, and is very harmful if it is found in the foods and water of third world countries. Salmonella comes from mishandling food and water or contamination. When it is ingested you and you feel ill, you should go to the hospital to get the correct medicine , because if you don’t the disease may grown in your body and may not be treatable.
It is estimated that 1 of 6 Americans or 48 million people (roughly) get sick from foodborne illnesses, 128,000 are hopitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne illnesses. When they find out that someone has come in contact with a food borne illness they trt to alert the rest of the U.S and remove that food from the selves , so that no one else comes in contact with the infectious