Open Directory - Health: Conditions and Diseases: Food and Water Borne
See also: - Publication for health care professionals on the causes and treatments of foodborne illness. - Directory of annotated links. - Short discussion of the causes, prevention, and treatments. - Discusses the causes, risk factors, and complications associated with foodborne illness. Reviews treatment options and prevention strategies. - Discusses the common bacterial agents and the symptoms and foods associated with each agent. - Series of factsheets covering the common causes of food poisoning. - Focuses on the control and prevention of bacterial, foodborne, mycotic, and diarrheal diseases. Features news, programs, alerts, and information about individual diseases. - Causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention of foodborne illnesses. - Factsheet covering prevention of foodborne and waterborne illness. - 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. - Features organism information, concern about the vaccine, treatment, and prevention. - Includes cause, associated foods, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of this illness associated with contaminated seafood. - 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. - Discusses viruses that can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, Norwalk virus, and a group of Noroviruses. - Factsheet showing causes, symptoms and treatment of viral infections. - No cause for this illness has been found yet. Includes source of infection, symptoms, prevention, and outbreaks. - FAQ discussing the causes and preventions of foodborne diseases. - Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on maintaining a safe water supply. - Directory of sites with information on various foodborne illnesses. - Providing academic research services to the food industry relating to hygiene, poisoning, and spoilage. - Food safety information for the food industry discussing the causes and prevention of foodborne illness. [PDF] - Consumer information on how to recognize, avoid, and prevent food poisoning hazards at their most common sources. - Directory of resources covering several diseases and toxins that can cause foodborn illness. - Factsheet from the World Health Organization. - Discusses signs, symptoms and prevention of viral, bacterial, and fungal food poisoning. From the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. - FAQ on several causes of food poisoning. - 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. - Provides information on a number of foodborne illnesses, pathogens and food safety issues. - Directory of links dealing with foodborne illness. - Factsheets from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. - Directory of factsheets on the most common causes of food poisoning. - Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention. - Factsheet from the USDA. - Discusses common causes and symptoms. - Factsheet from Clemson University describes types, symptoms and preventing food borne illnesses. - Information about cross-contamination and how bacteria spreads. - Includes causes of illness, incubation period, symptoms, possible contaminants, and steps for prevention. - Provides information on the causes of food poisoning. - Law firm site with news and information about foodborne illnesses. - Includes symptoms, causes, prevention, complications, tests, and treatment. - Factsheets and news releases about harmful substances and organisms in water. - Features news and factsheets. - Includes surveillance statistics, outbreaks in the state, symptoms, causes, and prevention. - Provides information on poisoning and details of causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention. - A list of some of the most common foodborne illnesses and their symptoms and causes. - Publication of the US Food Safety and Inspection Service that discusses several foodborne parasites. - Factsheet from the University of Georgia. [PDF] - Factsheet from Ohio State University. - Organization which works to promote food safety and prevent food borne illness. Supports foodborne illness victims, educates consumers about unsafe food conditions, and works with government on food safety issues. - Collection of factsheets on various causes of seafood borne illnesses. - Fact sheets on several waterborne and foodborne illnesses. - 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. - Includes disease surveillance, publications, and links. - Directory of links and news. - Includes factsheets and issues. - Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention. - Article by Senthil Nachimuthu, MD. - Article by Sunil K Sood, MD. - Article by Hoi Ho, MD. - Articles on the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of several foodborne illnesses.
