PBHL 3100 Group #4 Foodborne Illness Salmonellosis Foodborne illness, more commonly called food poisoning, is the cause of nearly 48 million illnesses, and an estimated 3,000 deaths in the United States annually. Food poisoning is caused by a bacterial, viral, or parasitic contamination of food. It can happen at any point during the food production realm; growing, harvesting, processing, storing, shipping, or preparing. There are several bacterial, viral, or parasitic agents that can cause food poisoning. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 90% of these illnesses are due to the seven most common pathogens: Salmonella, Norovirus, Campylobacter, Toxoplasma, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria and Clostridium perfringens.…
3. What is an example of a real life outbreak of this food borne illness in the United States?…
* Listeria, salmonella, E. Coli, Botulism, are some food borne illnesses that America try to avoid everyday. To prevent…
What is an example of real life outbreak of this foodborne illness is the United State?…
What is an example of a real life outbreak of this foodborne illness in the United States?…
The infectious agent I choose is the Norovirus. The Norovirus is a small virus that is highly contagious. The Norovirus is also the most common cause of gastroenteritis. Gastroenteritis is often referred to as the stomach flu. Gastroenteritis is the inflammation of gastrointestinal tract. This includes the stomach and intestines. The inflammation usually results in diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting. The Illness usually last about three days and then goes away on its own. The origin of this virus is Norwalk Ohio. The first outbreak was in 1968 in a small school. The Norovirus is often referred to as the Norwalk virus because of its origin.…
There are many forms of foodborne illness cases because of the large variety of microbes that can cause illnesses. The three main forms are bacteria, viruses, and parasites. These can come in contact with food in many ways. The main sources for bacteria contaminations are raw or undercooked food, human bacteria transmission, and fecal contamination. Water contaminated with fecal matter can also spread viruses to vegetables and shellfish. Parasites can be spread through raw fish, raw or undercooked meat and fecal contaminated foods. Most of these microbe contamination illnesses start with flu-like symptoms and progress from there. Some of these symptoms can start in as little as two hours after eating contaminated food and could last for months or even cause death if untreated. So be sure to buy produce from a reputable business along with washing,…
Using the information available and symptom charts from Sprenger, R. (2008: 24-25) it would be reasonable to rule out the infections being caused by bacterium such as Staphylococci, Bascillus or Campylobacter spp. due to the fact that diarrhoea is not a typically common symptom for these strains of bacteria, yet was experienced by 98% of the known suffers. On the same grounds the infection is also unlike to have been caused by bacterium of Shigella or Escherichia spp. as although…
Salmonella lives in the intestinal tracks of animals and humans. Once an animal or person is infected with salmonella, the virus will make the infected develop symptoms. Diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps are normally the most common system displayed. Anyone can catch the salmonella virus, but usually it is children and the elderly that have to be hospitalized if symptoms are severe enough.…
Important to Healthy People: Foodborne illness is a preventable and underreported public health problem. It presents a major challenge to both general and at-risk populations. Each year, millions of illnesses in the United States can be attributed to contaminated foods.…
Diseases presented by the class; cited one or two ways that food-borne illnesses can be…
· What is an example of a real life outbreak of this foodborne illness in the United States?…
the virus. The most common infections are tuberculosis, Salmonellosis, which is why all food needs to be clean thoroughly and cooked well, individuals infected with HIV…
Salmonellosis is the infectious agent that causes the infectious disease Salmonella and has been known to cause illness for over 100 years. Despite its name, Salmonella has nothing to with salmon the bacteria is actually named after the scientist who first discovered it in 1885. This particular infection is one of the most common and broadly spread food-borne diseases. It is usually confused with a common case of the stomach flu. The infection can spread to the bloodstream; fortunately, salmonella can be prevented by taking a few simple measures. Salmonella is closely related to the bacteria Escherichia and can be found worldwide in cold and warm blooded animals, (also humans), and in the environment. They cause illnesses like - fever, paratyphoid fever, and foodborne illnesses.…
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. For the purpose of this paper, the one that will be discussed is Norovirus. It is formerly known as the Norwalk Virus. Other common names are the stomach flu and gastroenteritis. It is very contagious, can reoccur many times within the same person, and can be very serious, especially in young children and older adults.…