FDACFSAN Foodborne Illness (Health/Food_Borne)
cfsan.fda.gov
Description: Directory of sites with information on various foodborne illnesses...
Specializes in: foodborne pathogens foodborne illness natural toxins food safety bad bug book apple juice botulism bse... eggs ice cream

eMedicine Food Poisoning (Health/Food_Borne)
emedicine.com
Description: Article by Sunil K Sood, MD.Food Poisoning Foodborne illnesses are diverse in etiology..., and they can follow ingestion of infectious organisms or noninfectious substances. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently stressed that foodborne diseases (FBDs) constitute a serious public health problem in the United States. FBDs encompass classic toxinmediated food poisoning, such as botulism, gastroenteritis that follows ingestion of preformed Staphylococcus aureus toxin, ingestion of chemicals in foods, and bacterial, parasitic, and viral infections. Many FBDs are zoonoses, which means
Specializes in: food poisoning foodborne disease fbd foodborne infection foodborne illness botulism gastroenteritis staphylococcus aureus toxin... foodborne bacterial infection foodborne parasitic infection

CDC Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch (Health/Food_Borne)
cdc.gov
Description: Focuses on the control and prevention of bacterial foodborne and diarrheal diseases.... Features news, programs, alerts, and information about individual diseases.Homepage of the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, CDC, and gateway to the Foodborne Diseases Epidemiology Section and the Diarrheal Diseases Epidemiology Section
Specializes in: amebiasis antibiotic resistance ascaris roundworms attribution bacterial botulism brainerd... diarrhea brucellosis

Botulinum Toxin: A Poison That Can Heal (Health/Medications)
fda.gov
Description: FDA Consumer magazine article from December 1995 authored by Luba Vangelova. Botulinum... Toxin: A Poison that Can Heal
Specializes in: botulinum toxin botulism...