Directory of Food and Water Borne Resources

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For information about pathogens transmitted in water or food. There is also information about poisonings from toxic animals and plants.

Subcategories

• Amebiasis
• Bacillus cereus
• Botulism
• Brucellosis
• Campylobacteriosis
• Cholera
• Clostridium perfringens
• Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Cyclosporiasis
• E. coli
• Flukes
• Giardiasis
• Hepatitis A
• Legionnaires' Disease
• Leptospirosis
• Listeriosis
• Microsporidiosis
• Nematodes
• Norwalk Virus
• Pinworms
• Rotavirus
• Salmonellosis
• Schistosomiasis
• Shigellosis
• Staphylococcal
• Swimmer's Itch
• Tapeworms
• Toxins
• Toxoplasmosis
• Travelers Diarrhea
• Tuberculosis
• Typhoid Fever
• Yersinia enterocolitica

Resources in This Category

• 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.

• Bug Bible

  http://off-farm.mla.com.au/Food-safety/Food-safety-for-consumers/The-bug-bible
  Series of factsheets covering the common causes of food poisoning.

• CDC - Brainerd Diarrhea

  http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dfwed/diseases/brainerd-diarrhea/
  No cause for this illness has been found yet. Includes source of infection, symptoms, prevention, and outbreaks.

• CDC - Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases

  http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dfwed/
  Focuses on the control and prevention of foodborne, waterborne, and environmental diseases. Features news, programs, alerts, and information about individual diseases.

• CDC - Foodborne Infections

  http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/foodborne-germs.html
  FAQ discussing the causes and preventions of foodborne diseases.

• CDC Health Topic: Foodborne Illnesses

  http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/diseases/
  Causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention of foodborne illnesses.

• CDC Travelers' Health - Risks from Food and Drink

  http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/food-water-safety
  Factsheet covering prevention of foodborne and waterborne illness.

• CDC: Healthy Swimming

  http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/
  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.

• CDC: Rotavirus

  http://www.cdc.gov/rotavirus/index.html
  Features organism information, concern about the vaccine, treatment, and prevention.

• CDC: Vibrio parahaemolyticus

  http://www.cdc.gov/vibrio/vibriop.html
  Includes cause, associated foods, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of this illness associated with contaminated seafood.

• CDC: Vibrio vulnificus

  http://www.cdc.gov/vibrio/vibriov.html
  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.

• Clemson Extension: Foodborne Illnesses: Viruses

  http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/food/food_safety/illnesses/hgic3720.html
  Factsheet showing causes, symptoms and treatment of viral infections.

• eMedicine - Food Poisoning

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/175569-overview
  Article by Senthil Nachimuthu, MD.

• eMedicine - Food Poisoning :

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/964048-overview
  Article by Sunil K Sood, MD.

• eMedicine - Vibrio Infections

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/232038-overview
  Article by Hoi Ho, MD.

• eMedicine Health - Food Poisoning

  http://www.emedicinehealth.com/food_poisoning/article_em.htm
  Articles on the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of several foodborne illnesses.

• EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water

  http://www.epa.gov/safewater/
  Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on maintaining a safe water supply.

• FDA/CFSAN - Foodborne Illness

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/default.htm
  Directory of sites with information on various foodborne illnesses.

• Food Microbe

  http://www.foodmicrobe.com/
  Providing academic research services to the food industry relating to hygiene, poisoning, and spoilage.

• Food Poisoning and Foodborne Illness

  http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/science/science-in-focus/foodborne-illness-pathogens/
  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.

• Food Safety Research Information Office

  http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/
  Directory of resources covering several diseases and toxins that can cause foodborn illness.

• Foodborne Illness

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Foodborne_Illness
  Directory of factsheets on the most common causes of food poisoning.

• Foodborne Illness and Diseases

  http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/foodborne-illness-and-disease
  Factsheets from the USDA.

• Foodborne Illness: Prevention Strategies

  http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/food/food_safety/illnesses/hgic3620.html
  Factsheet from Clemson University describes types, symptoms and preventing food borne illnesses.

• Foodborne Illnesses

  http://www.fightbac.org/about-foodborne-illness
  Information about cross-contamination and how bacteria spreads.

• FoodNet

  http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/
  Project consists of active surveillance for foodborne diseases and related epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases in the United States.

• FoodPoisoning.com

  http://www.foodpoisoning.com/
  Provides information on a number of foodborne illnesses, pathogens and food safety issues.

• FoodSafety.gov - Foodborne Pathogens

  http://www.foodsafety.gov/poisoning/
  Directory of links dealing with foodborne illness.

• Marler Clark

  http://www.foodborneillness.com/
  Law firm site with news and information about foodborne illnesses.

• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Food Poisoning

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001652.htm
  Includes symptoms, causes, prevention, complications, tests, and treatment.

• MedlinePlus: Drinking Water

  https://medlineplus.gov/drinkingwater.html
  Factsheets and news releases about harmful substances and organisms in water.

• MedlinePlus: Food Contamination And Poisoning

  https://medlineplus.gov/foodborneillness.html
  Features news and factsheets.

• 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.

• NHS Choices: Poisoning

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Poisoning/
  Provides information on poisoning and details of causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention.

• Parasites and Foodborne Illness

  http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/foodborne-illness-and-disease/parasites-and-foodborne-illness
  Publication of the US Food Safety and Inspection Service that discusses several foodborne parasites.

• Texas Department of Health: Foodborne Illness

  http://www.dshs.texas.gov/idcu/health/foodborne_illness/
  Fact sheets on several waterborne and foodborne illnesses.

• The Bad Bug Book

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/
  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.

• WHO: Foodborne Diseases

  http://www.who.int/topics/foodborne_diseases/en/
  Directory of links and news.

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