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foodborne illness

Food poisoning (any of several acute conditions ranging from mild to life-threatening that result from eating food containing toxins or pathogenic microorganisms)

phenomenon, disease, medical condition, poisoning, medical concept

Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodborne_illness
Symptoms: fever, loss of appetite, diarrhea
Class: phenomenon, medical condition, medical concept, poisoning, disease
See also: gastroenteritis, diarrhea
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http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/safetysanitation/f/foodillness.htm, http://www.ericbrc.org, http://active.inspection.gc.ca/eng/util/newrsse.asp?cid=44&scid=, http://www.food.gov.uk, http://www.fda.gov, http://www.who.int, http://www.arrowscientific.com.au/educational-material/food-poisoning.html, http://dmoz.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Food_and_Water_Borne, http://www.foodsafetynetwork.ca/en, http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=411, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001652.htm, http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/foodpoisoning1.shtml, http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/poison.html, http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/salmonella.htm, http://www.foodlink.org.uk/factfile.asp?file=1, http://science.ntu.ac.uk/external/Foodborne%20illness.html, http://www.cdc.gov/pulsenet, http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs237/en, http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/fb-foodborne-illness.htm, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs124/en, http://www.foodsqm.com, http://www.veriprime.org, http://azarticles.com/Categories/Food_and_Drink/Preventing_Food_Poisoning.php, http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5510a1.htm
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DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Foodborne_illness
Mesh ID: "D005517"
Diseases DB id: "31112"
Cause: ▶
cholera, Escherichia coli, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, botulism, rotavirus, …
Bacillus cereus, campylobacteriosis, Vibrio vulnificus, Shigella dysenteriae, Bacillus licheniformis, ciguatera, Salmonella enteritidis, Small round structured virus, Pyrrolizidine alkaloids, Grayanotoxin, Saxitonin, Phytohemagglutinins, Scombrotoxin, Shigella sonnei, salmonellosis
Rare Terms: ▶
"contaminated food", "food poisonning", "ptomain", "cross contamination", "food born illness", …
"ptomaine", "bacterial food poisoning", "foodborne intoxications", "ptomaine poisoning", "food poison", "foodborne disease", "food contamination/poisoning", "food poisioning"
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