Norovirus Sami Zavala SCI/163 12/1/2011 Joan Rotnem Norovirus Norovirus is a family of viruses that cause gastroenteritis in humans and some animals (Ballantyne‚ 3/30). Gastroenteritis is an intestinal flu. The original norovirus is called the Norwalk virus. The Norwalk virus‚ along with other similar viruses‚ makes up norovirus. Norovirus is spread through fecal matter from an infected person. The fecal matter can be passed by shaking hands from an infected person who did not wash their hands
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Food Borne Illness Doneisha Jones October 1‚ 2012 SCI/220 Dr. Angela Branch Food that is mishandled can lead to foodborne illness. While the United States has one of the safest food supplies in the world‚ preventing foodborne illness remains a major public health challenge. Often when you purchase foods from the grocery store or the food market‚ you have to check all the expiration dates. When a food is expired‚ they tend to give you a sign that the food is no good. For example‚ when you
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A Food Borne Illness Danielle Mitchell SCI/163 2/12/2012 Sanam Kazemi There are many food borne illnesses but the norovirus is very interesting. A norovirus is a small virus that contains RNA and is surrounded by a protein coating. Based on genetic typing‚ it is now known that there are at least twenty-five different strains if norovirus that affect humans. Norovirus infection is the most common cause of what some people call the “stomach flu‚” although norovirus is not
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Food Borne Illness Jean D. Louisgene March 14‚ 2015 SCI/163 Guido Sanchez Hepatitis A is a type of liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus. The virus is spread from one person to another when feces even small amounts of it of someone with hepatitis A virus gets into another person ’s mouth. There are a couple of ways that this could happen‚ by eating food that is raw or not thoroughly cooked that has been handled or prepared by someone who has hepatitis A‚ drinking water that has feces
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Food Borne Illness: Giardia When generally thinking of parasites and food-borne illnesses‚ we tend to think about the poorest and dirtiest places on Earth. In Reality‚ parasites can be found almost anywhere on this planet. One type of common food-borne illness is a giardia infection. This infection is in the intestine and caused by microscopic giardia parasites. If given the opportunity this vicious creature will infect anybody regardless of sex‚ age‚ living conditions‚ and body types. Surprisingly
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Salmonella is one of the most commonly reported types of food-borne illness. Salmonella is caused by a variety of different bacteria. The ensuing illness is treatable‚ but in some cases‚ fatal. Most of the time people aren’t even aware they have salmonella‚ they think something they ate didn’t agree with them and the symptoms are mild and disappear quickly. I believe no one really takes any action of going to a hospital or to their doctor until the symptoms worsen and become unbearable or scary for
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The food borne illness I have chosen is salmonella. Question 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. Interestingly enough it communicates to its fellow bacteria via AHL. It infects the cell‚ multiplies
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Jane Ventura Dr. John Schillinger HSCI 132 November 10‚ 2012 Climate Change and Food Borne Illness Climate has always played a significant role in placing food on the tables of millions of families. It seems that we have regressed judging from the way that our ancestors have lived their lives to the way that we have become dependent on mass production of food. We have managed to sabotage our health as well as that of the Earth’s. The changes in weather patterns have gradually impacted agriculture
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Escherichia coli O157:H7(E-Coli) is an emerging cause of food borne illness. An estimated 73‚000 cases of infection and 61 deaths occur in the United States each year. Infection often leads to bloody diarrhea‚ and occasionally to kidney failure. Most illness has been associated with eating undercooked‚ contaminated ground beef. Person-to-person contact in families and child care centers is also an important mode of transmission. Infection can also occur after drinking raw milk and after swimming
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Food Intake Three Days Heather Flores Science/220-Human Nutrition November 30‚ 2012 Mary Eacott On the morning of day one of my food intake I skipped breakfast‚ but I drank one bottle of Dasani water‚ as a snack I ate ten pieces of Chips Ahoy chewy chocolate chip cookies‚ one bottle of Dasani water. In the afternoon I drank one bottle of Dasani water‚ ate four-teen pieces of Totino’s pepperoni pizza rolls‚ drank one can of Pepsi soda‚ and as a snack I had ten Ritz crackers with one low
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