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AMA: Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses: Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses is worth 2.75 hours of Category I CME units

Ask NOAH About: Food Poisoning: Directory of annotated links.

Bacteria and Foodborne Illness: Discusses the causes, risk factors, and complications associated with foodborne illness. Reviews treatment options and prevention strategies

Bacterial Food Poisoning: Discusses the common bacterial agents and the symptoms and foods associated with each agent.

BBC Health - Food Poisoning: Advice on avoiding food poisoning and how to treat it

CDC - Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch: Homepage of the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, CDC, and gateway to the Foodborne Diseases Epidemiology Section and the Diarrheal Diseases Epidemiology Section.

CDC Health Topic: Foodborne Illnesses: Causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention of foodborne illnesses.

CDC Travelers' Health - Risks from Food and Drink: Official U.S. government health recommendations for traveling. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC: Healthy Swimming: Learn about CDC's recommendations for healthy swimming behaviors needed to protect you and your kids from recreational water illnesses (RWIs) and will help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place.

CDC: Rotavirus: Features organism information, concern about the vaccine, treatment, and prevention.

CDC: Viral Gastroenteritis: Discusses viruses that can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, Norwalk virus, and a group of Noroviruses.

Children's Water Fund: Children's Hunger Relief Fund was founded by dedicated local volunteers who wanted to make sure that every dollar would provide maximum benefit to the children in need. Since 1997, the organization has kept its overhead at or below 3% of total program spending . We Work with Local Project Manager...

Clemson Extension: Foodborne Illnesses: Viruses: Gastroenteritis means inflammation of the stomach and small and large intestines. Viral gastroenteritis is an infection caused by a variety of viruses that result in vomiting or diarrhea. It is often called the “stomach flu,” although it is not caused by the influenza vir...

DBMD - Brainerd Diarrhea: No cause for this illness has been found yet. Includes source of infection, symptoms, prevention, and outbreaks.

DBMD - Foodborne Infections: FAQ discussing the causes and preventions of foodborne diseases.

eMedicine Health - Food Poisoning: Food poisoning is a common, usually mild, but sometimes deadly illness. Typical symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, and diarrhea that come on suddenly (within 48 hours) of consuming a ...

EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water: Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on maintaining a safe water supply.

FDA/CFSAN - Foodborne Illness: Foodborne Illness Menu Page

Food Microbe: Food microbiology information website providing academic research services to the food industry relating to food hygiene, food poisoning, spoilage and related issues.

Food Poisoning: Medicine gateway

Food Poisoning: Comprehensive information on food poisoning, from the California Poison Control System.

Food Poisoning Micro-Organisms: Food safety for food workers information source discussing the causes and prevention of foodborne illness.

Food Safety and Foodborne Illness: Factsheet from the World Health Organization.

Food Safety Research Information Office: Directory of resources covering several diseases and toxins that can cause foodborn illness.

Food Safety: Food Poisoning: We promote the economic growth and development of Virginia agriculture, encourage environmental stewardship and provide consumer protection.

Food Standards Agency - Avoiding Food Poisoning: Many people have had first-hand experience of how unpleasant food poisoning can be, even for a fit and healthy person. And sometimes food poisoning can cause serious illness. This section tells you more about food poisoning and what to do if you get it.

Food Storage, Food Spoilage, and Foodborne Illness: Publication looks at the causes of foodborne illness, such as salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium botulinum, and trichinosis, and ways to avoid problems.

Foodborne Diseases: Factsheets from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Foodborne Illness: Food microbiology online course complimenting 'The Microbiology of Safe Food' book.

Foodborne Illness: Gastroenterology: Diarrhea: ID

Foodborne Illness: Directory of factsheets on the most common causes of food poisoning.

Foodborne Illness: General food safety information plus a factsheet Hepatitis A and one on Norwalk Virus.

Foodborne Illness Education Information Center: Home page of USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center

Foodborne Illness--What Consumers Need to Know: FSIS fact sheets, publications, and web pages about foodborne illnesses (bacterial, viral, or parasitic)..

Foodborne Illness: Prevention Strategies: Preventing food poisoning illnesses from bacteria E. coli, salmonella, listeria, campylobacter. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever symptoms. People at risk- infants, pregnant women, elderly, weakened immune systems.

Foodborne Illness: Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens: fightbac.org, the website of the Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE), features the Fight BAC! food safety initiative educating consumers about safe food handling.

Foodborne Illnesses: fightbac.org, the website of the Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE), features the Fight BAC! food safety initiative educating consumers about safe food handling.

Foodborne Pathogens: Iowa State University Extension: Food Safety

Foodlink: Food Poisoning: Your complete guide to food safety. Providing information on the causes of food poisoning, food safety and foodlink's National Food Safety Week.

FoodNet: Learn more about FoodNet which consists of active surveillance for foodborne diseases and related epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases in the United States.

FoodSafety.gov - Foodborne Pathogens: Directory of links dealing with foodborne illness.

How to Help Avoid Foodborne Illness in the Home: Features prevention strategies and causes.

How to Stop Food-Borne Illness Before it Starts: Seventy-six million cases of food-borne diarrheal disease occur in the US. The FDA has given high priority to combating microbial contamination of the food supply, but consumers also have a part to play, especially when it comes to following safe food handling practices in the home.

Marler Clark: Foodborne illness, commonly called food poisoning, is caused by a number of foodborne bacteria and viruses, such as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Campylobacter, Shigella, Norovirus, and Listeria. Learn more about each of these causes of food poisoning at Foodborneillness.com.

Medlineplus Medical Encyclopedia: Food Poisoning: Includes symptoms, causes, prevention, complications, tests, and treatment.

MedlinePlus: Drinking Water: Drinking Water

Medlineplus: Food Contamination And Poisoning: Food Contamination and Poisoning

Minnesota Department of Health: Foodborne Illness: Includes surveillance statistics, outbreaks in the state, symptoms, causes, and prevention.

National Restaurant Association : Foodborne Illness: A list of some of the most common foodborne illnesses and their symptoms and causes.

Parasites and Foodborne Illness: Publication of the US Food Safety and Inspection Service that discusses several foodborne parasites.

Preventing Food Poisoning and Food Infection: Factsheet from the University of Georgia.

Reducing the Risk of Food Poisoning: Factsheet from Ohio State University.

RUSick2 Food Poisoning Forum - Michigan State University: Compare notes about what you ate before becoming sick.

Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP): S. T. O. P. - H o m e

Safefood Bug Bible: Series of factsheets covering the common causes of food poisoning.

Seafood-Related Illnesses: This page lists selected chapters from the handbook 'Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins' (The Bad Bug Book) that have some connection with seafood and seafood safety. This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.

Texas Department of Health: Foodborne Illness: foodborne

The Bad Bug Book: This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.

The Unwelcome Dinner Guest: Preventing Food-Borne Illness: Consumers have a part to play in combatting microbial contamination of the food supply.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus: Includes cause, associated foods, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of this illness associated with contaminated seafood.

Vibrio vulnificus: Can cause disease in those who eat contaminated seafood or have an open wound that is exposed to seawater. Features symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.

Waterborne Illness: Gastroenterology: Diarrhea: ID Traveler Management

WHO: Foodborne Disease: Includes disease surveillance, publications, and links.

WHO: Foodborne Diseases: Directory of links and news.

WHO: Water-related Disease: Includes factsheets and issues.