Home > Blossary: Food poisoning
Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease and colloquially referred to as food poisoning) is any illness resulting from the consumption of contaminated food, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food, as well as chemical or natural toxins such as poisonous mushrooms.

Category: Health

6 Terms

Created by: tim.zhaotianqi

Number of Blossarys: 40

My Terms
Collected Terms
Thai (TH)
Compare Language

Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease that results from infection with the Hepatitis A virus. It can range in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a severe illness lasting several ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Illness

Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria normally live in the intestines of people and animals. Most E. coli are harmless and actually are an important part of a healthy human intestinal tract. However, ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Illness

Who gets travelers' diarrhea? Travelers' diarrhea (TD) is the most common illness affecting travelers. Each year between 20%-50% of international travelers, an estimated 10 million persons, ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Illness

Salmonellosis is an infection with bacteria called Salmonella. Salmonella germs have been known to cause illness for over 100 years. They were discovered by an American scientist named Salmon, for ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Illness

What is Clostridium perfringens? Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) is a spore-forming gram-positive bacterium that is found in many environmental sources as well as in the intestines of ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Illness Collected Term

Norovirus is a very contagious virus. You can get norovirus from an infected person, contaminated food or water, or by touching contaminated surfaces. The virus causes your stomach or intestines or ...

Domain: Medical; Category: Illness

Member comments


( You can type up to 200 characters )

โพสต์  
My other Blossarys

Vodafone Group plc /ˈvoʊdəfoʊn/ is a British ...

Category: Business

By: tim.zhaotianqi

Telecommunication is one of the fastest growing ...

Category: Business

By: tim.zhaotianqi

The identity of the longest word in English ...

Category: Other

By: tim.zhaotianqi

A coffee bean is a seed of the coffee plant, and ...

Category: Food

By: tim.zhaotianqi