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Foodborne Illness

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Each year, 48 million people in the U.S. get sick from contaminated food. Common culprits include bacteria, parasites and viruses. Symptoms range from mild to serious. They include

Upset stomach
Abdominal cramps
Nausea and vomiting
Diarrhea
Fever
Dehydration

Harmful bacteria are the most common cause of foodborne illness. Foods may have some bacteria on them when you buy them. Raw meat may become contaminated during slaughter. Fruits and vegetables may become contaminated when they are growing or when they are processed. But it can also happen in your kitchen if you leave food out for more than 2 hours at room temperature. Handling food safely can help prevent foodborne illnesses.
The treatment in most cases is increasing your fluid intake. For more serious illness, you may need treatment at a hospital.

NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

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The primary NIH organization for research on Foodborne Illness is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Start Here

Bacteria and Foodborne Illness(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Also available in Spanish
Foodborne Diseases(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Questions and Answers about Foodborne Illness(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Overviews
- Be Food Safe: Protect Yourself from Food Poisoning(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Food Poisoning(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Foodborne Illness-Causing Organisms in the U.S.: What You Need to Know(Food and Drug Administration) - PDF
Latest News
- Stomach Bug Hits New Iowa Patients in Outbreak Linked to Salad Mix(07/31/2013, Reuters Health)
- U.S. Health Officials Still Tracking Source of Stomach Bug Outbreak(07/25/2013, HealthDay)
- Social Media Helps Pin Down Source of Foodborne Strep Throat Outbreak(07/18/2013, HealthDay)
- Foodborne Illness: Especially Dangerous for the Vulnerable(06/04/2013, Food and Drug Administration)
- More News on Foodborne Illness
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- O&P (Ova and Parasite) Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Stool Culture(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Stool Tests(Nemours Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
Prevention/Screening
- MedlinePlus: Food Safety(National Library of Medicine)
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Specific Conditions
- Consumption of Harmful Algea and Human Health(National Office for Marine Biotoxins and Harmful Algal Blooms)
- JAMA Patient Page: Ciguatera Fish Poisoning(American Medical Association)
- Marine Toxins(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Norovirus(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Parasites and Foodborne Illness(Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service)
- Shigellosis(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Trichinellosis(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Vibrio Parahaemolyticus(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Vibrio Vulnificus(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- What Is Foodborne Botulism or Clostridium botulinum?(Iowa State University, University Extension)
- Yersinia Enterocolitica(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Related Issues
- How to Report a Foodborne Illness(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Long Term Effects of Food Poisoning(Department of Health and Human Services)
- Problems with Food Products(Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service)
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Pictures & Photographs
- Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens(Partnership for Food Safety Education)
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Videos
- Enviromysteries: Inside Stories: Frankie's Story(Maryland Public Television, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
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Games
- Food Detectives: Fight Bac(Partnership for Food Safety Education)
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Financial Issues
- Costs of Foodborne Illness(Partnership for Food Safety Education)
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Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Campylobacter Infections(National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Foodborne Diseases(National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Yersinia Infections(National Institutes of Health)
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Ecology of antimicrobial resistance: humans, animals, food and environment.
- Article: JAMA patient page. Ciguatera fish poisoning.
- Article: Review of the characteristics of food-derived and endogenous ne-carboxymethyllysine.
- Foodborne Illness -- see more articles
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Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Glossary of Food Safety Terms(Iowa State University, University Extension)
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Directories
- State Agencies: State Departments of Public Health and State Departments of Agriculture(National Institutes of Health, Department of Agriculture, White House)
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Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Also available in Spanish
- Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Food and Drug Administration
- FoodSafety.gov(Department of Health and Human Services, White House, Department of Agriculture)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Law and Policy
- What You Should Know about Government Response to Foodborne Illness Outbreaks(Food and Drug Administration)
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Statistics
- CDC 2011 Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the United States(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- CDC Vital Signs: Making Food Safer to Eat(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Foodborne Outbreaks Surveillance Data(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
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Children
- Amebiasis (For Parents)(Nemours Foundation)
- Cronobacter Illness and Infant Formula(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Also available in Spanish
- Food Poisoning(Nemours Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
- Shigella Infections(Nemours Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
- Yersiniosis (For Parents)(Nemours Foundation)
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Teenagers
- Gastrointestinal Infections and Diarrhea(Nemours Foundation)
- Shigellosis(Nemours Foundation)
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Women
- Foods to Avoid or Limit during Pregnancy(March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
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Patient Handouts
- Food poisoning
- Also available in Spanish
- Foodborne Illness-Causing Organisms in the U.S.: What You Need to Know(Food and Drug Administration) - PDF
- Gastritis
- Also available in Spanish
- Poisoning - fish and shellfish
- Also available in Spanish
- Shigellosis
- Also available in Spanish

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