food poisoning

..of fresh vegetables is a major public health concern and a potential bio-terrorist threat as a source of food poisoning. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposal describes basic research on the molecular basis of innate immunity of ..

..toxin is responsible for the vomiting and diarrhea symptomology which is the hallmark of staphylococcal food poisoning. Despite its usual association with food poisoning, the enterotoxins are also virulence factors for the ..

..to study pathogenic effectors produced by a gram-negative marine bacterium that is responsible for causing food poisoning worldwide...

..such as lead and asbestos to microbial toxins such as afiatoxin and staphylococcalenterotoxins involved in food poisoning. Environmental bacteria in particular represent a large reservoir of agents capable of producing diverse ..

..Bacterial superantigens are implicated in a spectrum of diseases such as food poisoning, toxic shock syndromes, Kawasaki disease, asthma, atopic dermatitis and vasculitic and autoimmune disorders...

..Bacterial superantigens are implicated in a spectrum of diseases such as food poisoning, toxic shock syndromes, Kawasaki disease, asthma, atopic dermatitis and vasculitic and autoimmune disorders...

..provided by applicant): Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of diseases ranging from skin infections and food poisoning to life-threatening nosocomial infections. Increasing resistance of S...

..A significant number of cases of food poisoning are also linked to contamination of foodstuffs with S. aureus...

..Relevance: Salmonella infections cause serious human diseases such as food poisoning and typhoid fever...

..of chimeric anti-SEB: Engineering anti-toxins Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) is a superantigen that causes food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome...

..Public Health Relevance: This Public Health Relevance is not available...

..is a primary human pathogen and a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections (over 700,000 annually), food poisoning, sepsis, and toxic shock syndrome. Currently more than 90 percent of community-isolated strains of S...

..significant human pathogen that is responsible for a wide variety of diseases including impetigo, cellulitis, food poisoning, toxic shock syndrome and sepsis...

..Understanding midbody assembles will reveal principles for generating asymmetric assemblies in the cytoplasm, and will tell us how the cleavage furrow is positioned...

..SEB is also a major cause of food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome. Currently, there are no therapeutics available against SEB for human use...

..a pathogen associated with biowarfare, and PrgI from Salmonella typhimurium, a pathogen associated with food poisoning. We have also used NMR to identify the key residues involved in the binding interaction between the needle and ..

..Staphylococcus aureus produces a number of enterotoxins (SEs) which are the causative agents of staphylococcal food poisoning. The genes for SEs are located on plasmids, phages and other potentially movable genetic elements such as ..

..perfringens type A food poisoning, the 3rd most common foodborne illness in the USA, as well as certain nonfoodborne human Gl diseases...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), a primary cause of food poisoning, is also a superantigen that can cause toxic shock after traumatic or surgical Staphylococcal wound infections...

..S. aureus cause food poisoning, sepsis, device (Biofilm) related infections, and multiple diseases like endocarditis and pneumonia...

..differential responses in mice is Listena monocytogenes, a Gram-positive bacterium which is a common source of food poisoning. Previous studies have established that differences in immune response are often genetically controlled...

..SAGs have been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of human diseases, including toxic shock syndrome, food poisoning and several autoimmune disorders, thought to be the result of the stimulation of large numbers of T cells and ..

..by applicant): Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB; Category B agent), a toxin that commonly causes classic food poisoning and can cause a nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome (TSS), is a potential biological warfare agent...

..The mechanism of action of cereulide, the depsipeptide most often associated with food poisoning, is unknown, but it is structurally similar to valinomycin, a depsipeptide potassium ionophore...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The sensing of bacteria is a key tool for combating water contamination, food poisoning and infectious disease, as well for protection against biological warfare agents...

..PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Salmonella enterica, which causes food poisoning and typhoid fever in humans, continues to be a very significant health problem...

..coli and Salmonella species causing numerous food poisoning syndromes, as well as Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia by interfering with quorum ..

..production, have been implicated the pathogenesis of numerous human diseases, including toxic shock syndrome, food poisoning and autoimmune disorders...

..perfringens as the etiological agent...

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..Further surveillance of norovirus by detection and typing of viruses from patients with gastroenteritis and shellfish is warranted to clarify the causes of future outbreaks...

..monocytogenes in sandwiches at the point of production...

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..Provision of high quality, online educational packages to food industry personnel otherwise precluded from access to such courses...

..Multiple foods and multi-ingredient foods were identified most frequently with outbreaks, perhaps because of more frequent hand contact during preparation and serving...

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..Food safety certification of kitchen managers appears to be an important outbreak prevention measure, and managing food worker illnesses should be emphasized during food safety training programs...

..Enter-Net is an example of an international laboratory based surveillance network which contribute largely to European foodborne zoonosis surveillance...

..This summary demonstrates the serious nature of foodborne disease and supports the move to risk-based food safety interventions focusing on mass catering and hospital and aged care facilities...

..6 and 14.1%, respectively. Findings from this study suggest that public health efforts should be directed toward safe food handling in the home during the summer months...

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..In larger businesses, case businesses were more likely to be hotels and were more commonly associated with viral foodborne outbreaks, but there was no explanation within the data for this association...

..For instance, workers sometimes denied infection or illness for a variety of reasons, but subsequent investigation provided evidence of infection...

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..Sixteen outbreaks occurred where food, primarily produce, was harvested and shipped from one country to another. Sometimes the presence of an infected worker preparing food was only one of several factors contributing to the outbreak...

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..We believe that epidemiological surveillance and control of FBO must be reinforced in Portugal as part of a wider strategy to promote food safety...

..Dietetics professionals can more readily monitor new developments and update knowledge and practice through online resources...

..To attain food safety, we must use common (microbiological) sense and understand the principles of transmission of foodborne-disease etiological agents and their control. A change of attitudes and program focus is necessary...

..Some juice operations that are exempt from processing requirements or do not comply with the regulation continue to be implicated in outbreaks of illness...

..The recent proposal by Food Standards Australia New Zealand to mandate food safety programs for catering operations is supported...

..These data may be used to assist in determining concentrations of lactate and diacetate in cooked ham products to control the growth of L. monocytogenes over a wide range of temperatures during manufacturing, distribution, and storage...

..To prevent toxic histamine formation, CST should be produced with >5% WPS and distributed with a declared 5 degrees C shelf life of 3 to 4 weeks or less...

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Clostridium perfringens is a pathogen that mainly causes food poisoning outbreaks when large quantities of food are prepared...

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..The guidelines for the prevention of contamination are insufficient. Intensity of production and the economic importance of fast, large-scale production are given priority over food safety. Information fails to reach the consumer...

..The consumer accepts only animal management systems, which meet the demands for animal welfare, economical efficiency and especially the demand for product safety...

..They must strictly follow hygiene rules, especially when they produce food that is to be eaten without any form of cooking...

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..Dissemination of surveillance information and training through the established network of North Carolina ICPs may be ideal for improving foodborne disease surveillance in this state...

..Standardized molecular subtyping and coordinated, multi-jurisdiction investigations can greatly facilitate detection and control of listeriosis outbreaks...

..Because of its ability to detect differences in gas patterns, this instrument has a broad range of potential food safety applications...

..Intensive investigations of outbreaks could prevent future illnesses by providing information needed to develop approaches to minimizing risk...

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..Consequently, the general preventive strategy would be jeopardised, namely to understand the (often new) mechanisms by which contamination and disease transmission occur well enough to interrupt them...

..Herein we review the most recent advances in our understanding of how microbial pathogens adapt to changes in the food composition, and how this information may ultimately be used for the design of effective pathogen control measures...

..This finding supports the need of including information on consumer behavior and preparation hygiene in the consumer phase of exposure assessments...

..The food chain starts from farm and ends at fork; controlling this complex process requires an integrated approach and a responsible authority to oversee it in order to protect and promote food safety...

..The results should help dietetics professionals and community health educators focus their efforts on those behaviors of special importance to the population being targeted...

..movement to higher stages) and self-efficacy increased, risky eating score decreased; those who believed food poisoning was a personal threat tended to eat fewer risky foods...

..APPLICATIONS/CONCLUSIONS: This list of rank-ordered behaviors grouped by pathogen control factor should help dietitians and educators confidently teach food safety guidance that will be most effective in preventing illness...

..Validity of epidemiological studies in foodborne disease, the necessity of strengthening the notification system of outbreaks, and the importance of good practices in food handling are analyzed...

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..Efforts to improve knowledge and, ultimately, food safety behaviors are essential to safeguard the health of these young adults and enable them to fulfill the role of protecting the health of their future families...

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..This outbreak of ammonia poisoning is only the second reported in food, and the first in a solid food. Heated chicken tenders contaminated with ammonia can cause acute illness within a short period of time...

..Participants also identified several difficulties associated with outbreak investigations, including difficulties associated with restaurant employees, restaurant customers, and environmental health organizations...

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..monocytogenes expressing the green fluorescent protein indicated that L. monocytogenes was associated with the root hairs of the sprouting alfalfa, with few to no cells visible elsewhere on the sprout...

b>Food poisoning caused by other Bacillus species than B. cereus has been described, but the toxins involved have rarely been isolated...