Foodborne Illness What is Foodborne Illness? According to a medical dictionary‚ foodborne illness is an acute gastrointestinal infection caused by consuming food contaminated with pathogenic‚ bacteria‚ toxins‚ viruses‚ prions or parasites. Such contamination was caused by improper food handling‚ preparation or storage of food. Contacts between food and pests‚ especially flies‚ cockroaches and rodents are a further cause of contamination of food. Foodborne illness can also be caused by adding
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Foodborne Illnesses Imagine yourself spending the night out with your friends. You all decide to visit this new restaurant that everyone has been talking about. The atmosphere is nice and the food tastes great. Everything goes well that is at least until you get home. Your stomach doesn’t feel quite right. Over the next few days you find yourself feeling really sick. You just can’t seem to keep any food down. You think to yourself maybe it’s just a stomach bug and it will go away in a day or two
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM Background of the Study Foodborne illnesses are defined as diseases‚ usually either infectious or toxic in nature‚ caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food. Every person is at risk of foodborne illness. (Food Safety and Foodborne Illness‚ WHO‚ March 2007) Foodborne Illness is the sickness people after eating the contaminated food that with pathogenic microorganisms‚ chemical or physical agents. The victims normally experience one or more symptoms
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SCI/162 Week Seven: Foodborne Illness Choose one of the following foodborne illnesses to complete this assignment: • Salmonella Write a 125- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: • What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Salmonellosis is the infectious agent that causes the infectious disease Salmonella and has been known to cause illness for over 100 years. Despite
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Food borne illnesses are caused by consuming contaminated foods or beverages. There are many different disease-causing microbes‚ or pathogens. In addition‚ poisonous chemicals‚ or other harmful substances can cause food borne illnesses if they are present in food. More than two hundred and fifty different food borne illnesses have been described; almost all of these illnesses are infections. They are caused by a variety of bacteria‚ viruses‚ and parasites that can be food borne. (Center 1) Food
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1. Using the date of onset for each case from Table 1‚ construct a simple ‘cases against time’ chart of the outbreak. From THIS data suggest when common exposure to infection may have occurred and explain your reasoning. Table 1. Cases against time. Date | Number of cases by area. | Total number of cases | | Town A | Town B | Village Y | Farm K | | 5th July | | | 1 | | 1 | 11th July | 2 | | 2 | | 4 | 12th July | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13th July | 5 | | 3 | | 8 | 14th July
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The geographical area - large populations spread over large geographic areas also increases with modern food production and distribution. Where it occurred -A foodborne disease outbreak occurs when two or more people get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink. The number of people sick from the outbreak -While many of them were found to have sickened a handful of individuals‚ a few stood out as especially wide in scope. Food Safety News has compiled a list of the 10 most harmful
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Food-Borne Illnesses: Norovirus Gofel Grandison SCI163: Elements of Health and Wellness Professor Hilda Whitmore December 13‚ 2014 .Food-Borne Illnesses: Norovirus According to Stop Foodborne Illness (2014)‚ a food-borne illness is classified as an infection or irritation of the gastrointestinal tract caused by food or beverages that contain harmful bacteria‚ parasites‚ viruses‚ or chemicals. There are a host of food-borne illnesses and the symptoms and prevention methods vary accordingly
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Foodborne Illness Short Answer Questions Salmonella 1) What is the infectious agent (Pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? The infectious agent (pathogen) that causes salmonella is called salmonella enteriditis. The bacteria is larger than a virus; but‚ is visible to the eye with the microscope. It is rod-shaped‚ gram negative‚ non-motile bacteria that does not form spores. It infects the cell‚ multiplies within it; then‚ bursts the cell. Special effector protein factors are required
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General information: What is E.coli? Escherichia coli‚ or commonly referred to as E.coli is a foodborne pathogen that normally inhabits in the intestinal track of humans and animals. It is the most common and wide spread infecting organism and is in the family‚ Enterobacteriaceae. Enterobacteriaceae is a large family of Gram-negative bacteria‚ meaning the bacteria appear pinkish or red. How fast and how does it spread? The main way that E.coli can spread is through food and water supply. Common
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