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The Bad Bug Book - http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Each chapter focuses on either one bacteria, virus, parasite, or natural toxin, providing basic facts. |
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FDA/CFSAN - Foodborne Illness - http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/foodborn.html
Directory of sites with information on various foodborne illnesses. |
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Food Safety Research Information Office - http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/
Directory of resources covering several diseases and toxins that can cause foodborn illness. |
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CDC: Healthy Swimming - http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/
Recommendations for healthy swimming behaviors needed to protect people from recreational water illnesses (RWIs) and will help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place. |
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Foodborne Illnesses - http://www.fightbac.org/content/view/7/8/
Information about cross-contamination and how bacteria spreads. |
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Bacteria and Foodborne Illness - http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/bacteria/
Discusses the causes, risk factors, and complications associated with foodborne illness. Reviews treatment options and prevention strategies. |
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eMedicine Health - Food Poisoning - http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/17289-1.asp
Articles on the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of several foodborne illneses. |
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Minnesota Department of Health: Foodborne Illness - http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/foodborne/
Includes surveillance statistics, outbreaks in the state, symptoms, causes, and prevention. |
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Foodlink: Food Poisoning - http://www.foodlink.org.uk/factfile.asp?file=1
Provides information on the causes of food poisoning. |
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Foodborne Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/foodborne.htm
Factsheets from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. |
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Food Poisoning Micro-Organisms - http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Health/foods3.asp
Food safety for food workers information source discussing the causes and prevention of foodborne illness. |
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Food Poisoning and Foodborne Illness - http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/consumer/c-foodborne-illness.asp
An explanation of foodborne illness or food poisoning. What it is, where it comes from, and how to avoid it. NSW Food Authority (government) information for consumers and schools. |
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Food Poisoning - http://www.calpoison.org/public/food.html
Information on food poisoning, from the California Poison Control System. |
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Safe Water for International Travelers - http://www.safewateronline.com
Find details on waterborne diseases, drinking water ratings, health risks of swimming pools or spas, and quality standards. Includes a search, by country. |
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Food Microbe - http://www.foodmicrobe.com/
Providing academic research services to the food industry relating to hygiene, poisoning, and spoilage. |
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How to Help Avoid Foodborne Illness in the Home - http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/foodborn/foodborn.htm
Features prevention strategies and causes. |
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Foodborne Illness - http://www.fpnotebook.com/GI21.htm
Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention. |
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eMedicine - Food Poisoning - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic807.htm
Article by Senthil Nachimuthu, MD. |
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Preventing Food Poisoning and Food Infection - http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubs/PDF/FDNS-E44.pdf
Factsheet from the University of Georgia. |
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Food Storage, Food Spoilage, and Foodborne Illness - http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/aFOODSTOR.html
Publication looks at the causes of foodborne illness, such as salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium botulinum, and trichinosis, and ways to avoid problems. |
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Vibrio vulnificus - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibriovulnificus_g.htm
Can cause disease in those who eat contaminated seafood or have an open wound that is exposed to seawater. Features symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment. |
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WHO: Foodborne Disease - http://www.who.int/foodsafety/foodborne_disease/en/
Includes disease surveillance, publications, and links. |
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CDC: Viral Gastroenteritis - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/faq.htm
Discusses viruses that can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, Norwalk virus, and a group of Noroviruses. |
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CDC: Rotavirus - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/rotavirus.htm
Features organism information, concern about the vaccine, treatment, and prevention. |
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibrioparahaemolyticus_g.htm
Includes cause, associated foods, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of this illness associated with contaminated seafood. |