July
2008
Food Poisoning
Food Poisoning occurs about 76 million times a year in Americans, leading to over 300,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. Ones most hurt by food poisoning are the elderly, immunocompromised, and young kids. Food poisoning is usually from bacteria, but also viruses and chemical ingestion. Incubation time most c/w: <1 hr chemical ingestion, 1-7 hrs toxins from staph aureus or bacillus cereus, 8-14 hours bacteria, and 15 or more hrs viruses.
For outbreaks, Salmonella is #1. Though Listeria account for like 0.2% cases, it is the #1 cause of death from food poison outbreaks. #2 is viruses, in particular norovirus. Chemical ingestion and then parasites follow.
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