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Factsheet from Clemson University describes types, symptoms and preventing food borne illnesses.
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3620.htm
Factsheet showing causes, symptoms and treatment of viral infections.
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3720.htm
Publication for health care professionals on the causes and treatments of foodborne illness.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3629.html
Discusses the causes, risk factors, and complications associated with foodborne illness. Reviews treatment options and prevention strategies.
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/bacteria/index.htm
Discusses the common bacterial agents and the symptoms and foods associated with each agent.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/poison.html
Focuses on the control and prevention of bacterial foodborne and diarrheal diseases. Features news, programs, alerts, and information about individual diseases.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/foodborne/index.htm
FAQ discussing the causes and preventions of foodborne diseases.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/d...seinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm
Article by Senthil Nachimuthu, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic807.htm
Directory of sites with information on various foodborne illnesses.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/foodborn.html
Information about cross-contamination and how bacteria spreads.
http://www.fightbac.org/foodborne.cfm?section=4
Comprehensive information on food poisoning, from the California Poison Control System.
http://wellness.ucdavis.edu/safe.../poison_book/food_poisoning.html
Food safety for food workers information source discussing the causes and prevention of foodborne illness.
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Health/foods3.asp
Factsheet from the World Health Organization.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs237/en/
FAQ on several causes of food poisoning.
http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/...ting/asktheexpert/foodpoisoning/
Publication looks at the causes of foodborne illness, such as salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium botulinum, and trichinosis, and ways to avoid problems.
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/aFOODSTOR.html
Factsheets from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/foodbornedis.htm
Food microbiology online course complimenting 'The Microbiology of Safe Food' book.
http://science.ntu.ac.uk/external/illness.html
Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.fpnotebook.com/GI21.htm
Information and discussion of the issues, training materials, discussion groups, and links.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodborne/
Discusses common causes and symptoms.
http://www.fightbac.org/10least.cfm
Includes causes of illness, incubation period, symptoms, possible contaminants, and steps for prevention.
http://www.extension.iastate.edu...ty/pathogens/index.cfm?parent=37
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.
http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/
Directory of links dealing with foodborne illness.
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgpath.html
Features prevention strategies and causes.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/foodborn/foodborn.htm
Features news and factsheets.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlinepl...odcontaminationandpoisoning.html
Includes symptoms, causes, prevention, complications, tests, and treatment.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001652.htm
Includes surveillance statistics, outbreaks in the state, symptoms, causes, and prevention.
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/foodborne/
A list of some of the most common foodborne illnesses and their symptoms and causes.
http://www.restaurant.org/foodsafety/pathogens.cfm
Factsheet from Ohio State University.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/ss-fact/0124.html
Collection of factsheets on various causes of seafood borne illnesses.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/sea-ill.html
Fact sheets on several waterborne and foodborne illnesses.
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/ideas/foodborne_illness/
Compare notes about what you ate before becoming sick.
http://www.rusick2.msu.edu/
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.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/d...seaseinfo/vibriovulnificus_g.htm
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.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/
Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on maintaining a safe water supply.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/
Includes disease surveillance, publications, and links.
http://www.who.int/foodsafety/foodborne_disease/en/
Directory of links and news.
http://www.who.int/health_topics/foodborne_diseases/en/
Discusses viruses that can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, Norwalk virus, and a group of Noroviruses.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/faq.htm
Features organism information, concern about the vaccine, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/rotavirus.htm
Directory of resources covering several diseases and toxins that can cause foodborn illness.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/bydiscip.htm
Includes cause, associated foods, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of this illness associated with contaminated seafood.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/d...nfo/vibrioparahaemolyticus_g.htm
Provides information on the causes of food poisoning.
http://www.foodlink.org.uk/factfile.asp?file=1
Law firm site with news and information about foodborne illnesses.
http://www.foodborneillness.com/
No cause for this illness has been found yet. Includes source of infection, symptoms, prevention, and outbreaks.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/d...seaseinfo/brainerddiarrhea_g.htm
Factsheet on prevention from the FDA.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdunwelc.html
Factsheets and news releases about harmful substances and organisms in water.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drinkingwater.html
Article by Sunil K Sood, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic795.htm
Article by Hoi Ho, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2375.htm
Includes factsheets and issues.
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/en/
Directory of factsheets on the most common causes of food poisoning.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Foodborne_Illness
Publication of the US Food Safety and Inspection Service that discusses several foodborne parasites.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/parasite.htm
Food microbiology online course complimenting 'The Microbiology of Safe Food' book. Resource portal for undergraduates and professionals.
http://www.science.ntu.ac.uk/ext...0poisoning%20microorganisms.html
General food safety information plus a factsheet Hepatitis A and one on Norwalk Virus.
http://www.eatwelleatsafe.ca/illness/fdborne.htm
Articles on the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of several foodborne illneses.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/17289-1.asp
Directory of annotated links.
http://www.noah-health.org/en/stomach/food/index.html
Discusses signs, symptoms and prevention of viral, bacterial, and fungal food poisoning. From the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/foodsafety/poisoning.html
Several articles on various causes of foodborne illness.
http://omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/D005517.html
Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.fpnotebook.com/GI25.htm
Factsheet from the USDA.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sh...Consumers_Need_to_Know/index.asp
Causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention of foodborne illnesses.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/food/index.htm
Short discussion of the causes, prevention, and treatments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/foodpoisoning1.shtml
Factsheet from the University of Georgia.
http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubs/PDF/FDNS-E44.pdf
Series of factsheets covering the common causes of food poisoning.
http://www.safefood.net.au/content.cfm?sid=426
Provided by HealthLink. Information on food-borne diarrheal disease and safe food handling practices in the home.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1008283853.html
Factsheet covering prevention of foodborne and waterborne illness.
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/foodwater.htm
Focuses on the control and prevention of bacterial foodborne and diarrheal diseases. Features news, programs, alerts, and information about individual diseases.
http://www.cdc.gov/foodborne/index.htm
Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.fpnotebook.com/GI24.htm