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Foodborne Illness
Aka: Foodborne Illness, Food-Borne Disease, Food Poisoning
- See Also
- Waterborne Illness
- Diarrhea
- Epidemiology
- Incidence increasing in United States
- Cases per year: 6.5 - 30 million
- Diarrheal related deaths per year: 9000
- Medical and associated costs per year: $4-14 billion
- Most cases are not seen by medical care
- Expanded fast food industry in part responsible
- Large scale food production affects many people
- More virulent organisms may be evolving
- Increased intake of raw and partially processed food
- Special backcountry camping risks (no refrigeration)
- Frequent sources of foodborne Diarrhea outbreaks
- Chicken (Most common)
- Mexican Food
- Chinese Food
- Finfish
- Shellfish
- Beef (least common)
- Causes: Food Pathogens
- Most common Food Pathogens
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Eggs
- Mayonnaise
- Cold meats
- Pork
- Chicken
- Beef
- Seafood
- Salads
- Cream-filled desserts
- Non-typhoid Salmonella
- Raw poultry
- Shellfish
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Raw chicken (66% infected)
- Other Common Food Pathogens
- Enterovirus
- Shellfish (47% infected)
- Aeromonas Hydrophila
- Poultry (95% infected)
- Fish (95% infected)
- Red Meat (95% infected)
- Produce: lettuce, celery (95% infected)
- Bacillus Cereus
- Hamburger (45-63% infected)
- Raw rice (100% infected)
- Fried rice
- Listeria Monocytogenes
- Meats (50-100% infected)
- Escherichia coli 0157:H7
- Hamburger and other red meat
- Vibrio vulnificus
- Raw oyster ingestion
- Less Common Food Pathogens
- Clostridium perfringens (Cooked meats)
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus (shellfish or raw seafood)
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- Clostridium botulinum
- Causes: Common food sources of Foodborne Illness
- Unpasteurized dairy products
- Salmonellosis
- Brucella
- Raw Meat
- Brucella
- Toxoplasmosis
- Bacillus Cereus
- Escherichia coli 0157:H7
- Clostridium perfringens
- Poultry
- Nontyphoidal Salmonella
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Fish or seafood
- Shellfish
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus (or Vibrio haemolyticus)
- Vibrio Cholera
- Raw Fish
- Salmonellosis
- Hepatitis A
- Aeromonas Hydrophila
- Raw Oysters
- Vibrio vulnificus (Similar to Vibrio Cellulitis)
- Fish with pre-formed toxins
- Ciguatera Poisoning (Reef fish ingestion)
- Scombroid Poisoning (Tuna, Mahi-mahi, Mackeral)
- Wild rabbit
- Tularemia
- Prevention
- See Foodborne Illness Prevention