Salmonella Research Paper
Foodborne Illness: Salmonella
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What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus or parasite.
Salmonella is a bacteria that was discovered more than one hundred years ago by a scientist named Dr. Daniel E. Salmon, who the bacteria is named after. The bacteria are living microscopic creatures that are found in the feces of people or animals and spread to other people or other animals. There are more than 2,000 strains of Salmonella, but Salmonella serotype Enteritidis and Salmonella serotype Typhimurium are the most common and they are the most common cause of food poisoning, or Salmonellosis, in the United States. Annually about 40,000 cases of Salmonellosis …show more content…
Food may be contaminated by someone infected with the disease or who did not wash their hands after using a restroom and then handled the food. Foods that are eaten raw or undercooked such as veggies, sprouts, beef, poultry,seafood, peanut butter, raw cookie dough or stuffing cooked inside the bird can all carry salmonella. Other food sources for salmonella are raw milk and other dairy products, eggs and lunch meats. Cross contamination of raw meat juices and uncooked foods such as veggies can is another source. Handling of pets such as reptiles, amphibians, hamsters, baby chicks and ducks or their feces and not washing your hands can also spread the bacteria. Infected people can infect others until their symptoms are all cleared up. Some people can carry Salmonella with no symptoms for years and contaminate others …show more content…
More than 3,900 products containing peanuts were recalled. This outbreak lasted from September 2008 to April 2009 and sickened more than 700 people and contributed to the death of 9 people in 46 states and Canada. The company behind the outbreak, Peanut Corporation of America, knowingly sent out shipments of peanuts that tested positive for Salmonella with no regard to the health of consumers. The company had repeated health violations for unsanitary conditions and water leaks that dripped onto the product storage and handeling areas. Salmonella grows in moist conditions. Another peanut related outbreak of another strain of Salmonell was reported in November of 2012. 42 people from 20 states were infected. This is the third peanut related Salmonella outbreak in six years.
What are the clinical symptoms, duration of the disease and treatment if
SCI/162
What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus or parasite.
Salmonella is a bacteria that was discovered more than one hundred years ago by a scientist named Dr. Daniel E. Salmon, who the bacteria is named after. The bacteria are living microscopic creatures that are found in the feces of people or animals and spread to other people or other animals. There are more than 2,000 strains of Salmonella, but Salmonella serotype Enteritidis and Salmonella serotype Typhimurium are the most common and they are the most common cause of food poisoning, or Salmonellosis, in the United States. Annually about 40,000 cases of Salmonellosis …show more content…
Food may be contaminated by someone infected with the disease or who did not wash their hands after using a restroom and then handled the food. Foods that are eaten raw or undercooked such as veggies, sprouts, beef, poultry,seafood, peanut butter, raw cookie dough or stuffing cooked inside the bird can all carry salmonella. Other food sources for salmonella are raw milk and other dairy products, eggs and lunch meats. Cross contamination of raw meat juices and uncooked foods such as veggies can is another source. Handling of pets such as reptiles, amphibians, hamsters, baby chicks and ducks or their feces and not washing your hands can also spread the bacteria. Infected people can infect others until their symptoms are all cleared up. Some people can carry Salmonella with no symptoms for years and contaminate others …show more content…
More than 3,900 products containing peanuts were recalled. This outbreak lasted from September 2008 to April 2009 and sickened more than 700 people and contributed to the death of 9 people in 46 states and Canada. The company behind the outbreak, Peanut Corporation of America, knowingly sent out shipments of peanuts that tested positive for Salmonella with no regard to the health of consumers. The company had repeated health violations for unsanitary conditions and water leaks that dripped onto the product storage and handeling areas. Salmonella grows in moist conditions. Another peanut related outbreak of another strain of Salmonell was reported in November of 2012. 42 people from 20 states were infected. This is the third peanut related Salmonella outbreak in six years.
What are the clinical symptoms, duration of the disease and treatment if