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Water/Food Disease
Characteristics & Control of water- & foodborne diseases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Disease: Botulism food poisoning | Agent: Clostridium botulinum & C. parabotulinum |
| Disease: Staphylococcus food poisoning | Agent: Staphylococcus aureus |
| Disease: Clostridium perfringens food poisoning | Agent: Clostridium perfringens |
| Disease: Bacillus cereus food poisoning- diarrheal type | Agent: Bacillus cereus, toxin heat labile |
| Disease: Salmonellosis | Agent: Salmonella typhimurium, S. newport, S. enteritidis, S. montevideo |
| Disease: Typhoid fever | Agent: Typhoid bacillus, Salmonella typhosa |
| Disease: Paratyphoid fever | Agent: Salmonella paratyphi |
| Disease: Shifellosis (Bacillary dysentery) | Agent: Shigella |
| Disease: Cholera | Agent: Vibrio cholera, Vibrio comma |
| Disease: Melioidosis | Agent: Pseudomonas pseudomallei |
| Disease: Brucellosis (undulant fever) | Agent: Brucella melitensis- goat; Br. abortus- cow; Br. suis- pig |
| Disease: Streptococcal infections Diphtheria | Agent: Streptococcus pyogenes |
| Disease: Tuberculosis | Agent: Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Disease: Campylobacter enteritis | Agent: Campylobacter jejuni |
| Disease: Vibrio parahaemolyticus gastroeneritis | Agent: Vibrio parahaemolyticus |