What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite.
Giardia intestinalis is the parasite that causes Giardia, It is an intestinal parasite that causes diarrhea. It is a parasite that lives and feeds off one another in order to survive. It is also called Giardia lamblia or Giardia duodenalis. Giardia is the most common parasitic infection in the United States according to the Center for Disease Control website. How is this infectious agent transmitted through food or water? This parasite is transmitted by swallowing giardia cysts that are found in contaminated food and/or water. It is transferred through hard shelled cysts. The cysts are instantly infectious the moment they leave the host through feces . An infected person can shed as little as one billion and as much as ten billion cysts daily in their fecal matter. There have also been know cases where it has been passed through acts or sexual contact.
What is an example of a real life outbreak of this foodborne illness in the United States? According to the various web searches I tried to do regarding this infectious illness, it was not easy to find recent outbreaks. I was able to find one dating back in 2007, in Berlin,New Hampshire. There were aprox 217 cases reported, and out of those 217 cases, 13% of them showed systematic symptoms that required hospitalization. It was proven that the cause of the outbreak came from contaminated water, once the investigation had been completed. During the outbreak it had shown there were actually two outbreaks caused by two separate water supplies.
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What are the clinical symptoms, duration of the disease, and treatment if any?
Some people become infected and show no symptoms of having this infection but still carry the cysts in their stools. Some of the clinical symptoms include: watery stools aternating with greasy stools, fatigue, abdominal cramping, weight loss, nausea and belching that leaves a bad or foul taste in your mouth. Symptoms usually last 2-4 weeks, but, in some instances, can last longer. No treatment is necessary unless the carrier or one infected is concerned with spreading the infection. In those cases there are
Salmonellosis Infection Ah’lanea Hernandez SCI/163 April 1st, 2012 Professor Camessa Lee Salmonellosis Infection What is foodborne illness? According to a medical dictionary, foodborne illness is an acute gastrointestinal infection caused by consuming food contaminated with pathogenic, bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites. Such contamination was caused by improper food handling, preparation, or storage of food. Contacts between food and pests, especially flies, cockroaches, and rodents…
loyal customers. Foodborne Illness Each year many millions of people contract foodborne illnesses from eating unsafe foods, and thousands die as well. Many of these cases go unregistered because they are sometimes hard to diagnose or they are simply not reported. Often foodborne illnesses come in the form of stomach cramps and diarrhea. People get sick for a few days and are unsure whom to blame, or simply let the illness pass. Because of this, the true number of foodborne illnesses in the United…
Choose one of the following foodborne illnesses to complete this assignment: Salmonella Staphylococcus Clostridium perfringens Norovirus (formerly Norwalk virus) Hepatitis A Giardia or amoeba parasites Write a 125- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. Salmonella is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacilli that cause a diarrheal illness. They…
Infant botulism is caused by ingested C Botulinum spores that germinate in the intestine and produce toxin. Infant botulism has less than a one percent mortality rate. Foodborne botulism is most commonly caused by improperly canned or home-prepared foods. Foodborne Botulism carries a mortality rate of five to ten percent. Wound botulism is caused by contamination of a wound with toxin producing Botulinum. Wound botulism has a mortality rate of fifteen to seventeen…
prevention and growth. Sub-therapeutic doses are low levels of “antibiotics that are insufficient to kill an invading bacterial infection, but are effective in preventing bacterial infection from occurring.” (Lessing,2010, p.469) According to the CDC in the United States, antimicrobial use in food animals is the dominant source of antibiotic resistance among foodborne pathogens; so why is that happening? (Lessing, 2010) Putting an enormous percent of the world’s antibiotics into farm animals’ feed…
1. West Nile virus (bite of an arthropod) i) Causes encephalitis 2. Rabies virus (bite of a mammal) i) Causes encephalitis 3. Rubella virus (transplacentally) * know the three w’s: who, where, and when respiratory system infections Viruses Rhinovirus- causes pharyngitis and the common cold, found in the nasopharynx (grows at 33°C) Adenovirus- found in the oropharynx, causes pharyngitis Coronavirus- causes pharyngitis and the common cold, found in the nasopharynx Epstein-Barr…
parasite. The pathogen that causes the infection is called S aureus or staph it is one of the most common bacteria that cause diseases in humans. There are hundreds of different kinds of pathogens that are associated with Staphylococcus some more serious than others. Most healthy people carry some kind of staphylococcus in their nose and on their skin. Under a microscope they look like tiny little berries. Unless a person develops some kind of infection on the skin the bacteria does not pose a…
In a recent observational survey in 5 cities, 77% of people washed their hands after using the public rest room. Men washed their hands 66% of the time. Women were cleaner, washing their hands 88% of the time. By washing your hands you sanitize and kill any bacteria that may have formed using the restroom, opening the door, touching the elevator button, or even when shook the hands of your co-workers at the business meeting today. Sanitation is used everywhere, from the water that comes from our…
the development of the growing fetus within the mother’s womb. Such risks may include the way you sleep, the stress of being pregnant, or even an outside agent or factor also commonly known as teratogens. Teratogens are drugs, chemicals, or even infections that can cause abnormal fetal development. There are billions of potential teratogens but only a few agents are proven to have teratogenic effects. For this paper, the main focus will be on identifying the teratogenetic effects of Toxoplasmosis…
