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Salmonella
Introduction
Being ill is never pleasant to begin with, especially from eating the foods we are fond of. Today, there are many food borne illness that can effect us but one of the most universally distributed is Salmonella. Salmonella contagion is a common microbial disease that upset the intestinal tract. They are generally inhabited in human and animal intestines and are transmitted by feces. Humans are exposed with this infection mainly through contaminated water and food .It establishes a major public health problem and signify a costly expense in some countries. Millions of people are reported globally every year and at times leaving thousands dead (WHO). As stated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), salmonellas causes roughly around 40,000 cases of salmonellosis in the United States, each year. There is a hand full of minor cases that are not examined or reported, so the accurate number of infections may be thirty or more times greater. By the estimation of CDC, nearly 400 individuals are unable to survive every year with severe salmonella. Though there are many different form of Salmonella bacteria, The two main stereotypes for salmonellas are Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Enteritidis, which are transmitted from animals to humans . Children have the highest tendency to be infected by salmonellosis. The rate of diagnosed infections in toddlers under five years old has a greater percentage than in all other persons because of their weak immune system . Also, elderly and young children have the likelihood to develop severe infections. The chances of getting Salmonellosis is greater in the summer than winter (CDC).
Cause
The bacteria Salmonella is the cause of Salmonellosis. It was discover more than a hundred year ago by an American scientist named Daniel Elmer Salmon, thus justify the name. Salmonella is vastly found on raw animal products, especially poultry of all sorts . Outbreaks have been linked
Introduction
Being ill is never pleasant to begin with, especially from eating the foods we are fond of. Today, there are many food borne illness that can effect us but one of the most universally distributed is Salmonella. Salmonella contagion is a common microbial disease that upset the intestinal tract. They are generally inhabited in human and animal intestines and are transmitted by feces. Humans are exposed with this infection mainly through contaminated water and food .It establishes a major public health problem and signify a costly expense in some countries. Millions of people are reported globally every year and at times leaving thousands dead (WHO). As stated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), salmonellas causes roughly around 40,000 cases of salmonellosis in the United States, each year. There is a hand full of minor cases that are not examined or reported, so the accurate number of infections may be thirty or more times greater. By the estimation of CDC, nearly 400 individuals are unable to survive every year with severe salmonella. Though there are many different form of Salmonella bacteria, The two main stereotypes for salmonellas are Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Enteritidis, which are transmitted from animals to humans . Children have the highest tendency to be infected by salmonellosis. The rate of diagnosed infections in toddlers under five years old has a greater percentage than in all other persons because of their weak immune system . Also, elderly and young children have the likelihood to develop severe infections. The chances of getting Salmonellosis is greater in the summer than winter (CDC).
Cause
The bacteria Salmonella is the cause of Salmonellosis. It was discover more than a hundred year ago by an American scientist named Daniel Elmer Salmon, thus justify the name. Salmonella is vastly found on raw animal products, especially poultry of all sorts . Outbreaks have been linked
Cited: http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/tc/salmonellosis-topic-overview?page=2 http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs139/en/ http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/general/