Question

Food Borne Illnesses

Some bacteria, protozoa, and viruses that cause foodborne illness are

• Clostridium botulinum
• Campylobacter
• Clostridium perfringens
• Hepatitis A.
• Giardia
• Listeriosis

Research all of the foodborne illnesses listed above and report the following information for each.

• Infectious pathway
• Possible sources and foods affected
• Symptoms
• Incubation period
• Treatment
• Statistics, how many affected, where, when etc.

Answer 1

clostridium botulinum -  

Infectious pathway- it is spread by consuming food contaminated with the boutulism toxin or spores

Possible sources and foods affected - commercially processed foods that had undergone poor processing, storage, and improper preservation .

Symptoms - vision problems, slurred speech and muscle weakness.

Incubation period - 12 - 72 hours

Treatment - antitoxin , antibiotics ,breathing assistance , rehabilation

Campylobacter

- eating half-cooked chicken, they for the most part center around becoming ill from salmonella microorganisms. Yet, another basic kind of microscopic organisms called campylobacter can likewise make you sick on the off chance that you eat poultry that isn't completely cooked.

- The most well-known manifestation is looseness of the bowels. The stool may have blood in it. You may likewise be wiped out to your stomach and regurgitation.

- incubation period - 2 and 5 days

- first attempt levofloxacin (Levaquin). In the event that you can't take it for some different reasons, they may endorse one of these basic anti-infection agents that are utilized to treat a few kinds of diseases.

Clostridium perfringens

-Beef, poultry, gravies, and dried or pre-cooked foods are common sources .

- Individuals contaminated with C. perfringens create loose bowels and stomach squeezes inside 6 to 24 hours. The ailment as a rule starts out of nowhere and goes on for under 24 hours. Individuals tainted with C. perfringens for the most part don't have fever or spewing. The ailment isn't passed starting with one individual then onto the next.

- treatment - Oral rehydration or, in severe cases, intravenous fluids and electrolyte replacement can be used to prevent or treat dehydration.

Hepatitis A

- You usually get the disease when you eat or drink something contaminated by poop from a person who has the virus.

- symptoms -  the virus is causing inflammation in your liver.

- incubation period - approximately 28 days

-treatment - No medication

Giardia

Infectious pathway-Giardia are available in the excrement of contaminated people. Along these lines, the disease is spread from individual to individual by sullying of food with defecation, or by direct fecal-oral pollution.

Possible sources and foods affected -Giardia parasites are found in lakes, lakes, waterways and streams around the world, just as in city water supplies, wells, reservoirs, pools, water parks and spas.

-Giardia parasites can be transmitted through food — either in light of the fact that food handlers with giardiasis don't wash their hands altogether or on the grounds that crude produce is inundated or washed with defiled water.

Symptoms -Watery, sometimes foul-smelling diarrhea that may alternate with soft, greasy stools,Fatigue or malaise,Abdominal cramps and bloating,Gas or flatulence,Nausea,Weight loss.

Incubation period - 1 to 14 days and usually lasts 1 to 3 weeks.

Treatment -treatment with antiparasitic drugs, rather than leaving it to clear up on its own. Certain antibiotics are commonly used to treat giardiasis.

Listeriosis

- foodborne bacterial illness.

- food which we put in refrigeration and even freezing .

- Fever,Chills,Muscle aches,Nausea,Diarrhea

- Incubation period - 30 days

treatments - infections can be treated with antibiotics.