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Foodborne Pathogens

Looking for information on food-norne illnesses and food pathogens, like e. coli, botulism, pfiesteria, or salmonella? You've come to the right place! Look through the sources below for your topic!

The top five germs that cause illnesses from food eaten in the United States are:

• Norovirus
• Salmonella
• Clostridium perfringens
• Campylobacter
• Staphylococcus aureus (Staph)

Below is al alphabetized list of information about all known food-borne pathogens compiled by the CDC.

A

• Alpha-gal Syndrome
• Amebiasis
• Anisakiasis
• Ascariasis (Intestinal roundworm infection)
• Angiostrongyliasis (Rat lungworm)
• Anthrax
• Antibiotic resistance

B

• Botulism (Clostridium botulinum)
  • Information for Healthcare Professionals
  • National Botulism Surveillance System
• Brainerd diarrhea
• Brucellosis (Brucella infection)

C

• Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter infection)
  • Information for Healthcare Professionals
  • Outbreak listings
• Cholera (Vibrio cholerae infection)
• Ciguatera (fish poisoning)
• Cronobacter
• Clostridium botulinum (Botulism)
• Clostridium perfringens
• Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium infection)
• Cyclospora (Cyclospora infection)
• Cysticercosis
• Cystoisosporiasis (formerly known as Isosporiasis)

D

• Diphyllobothriasis (Diphyllobothrium infection)

E

• E.coli
  • Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli
  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)
  • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)
  • Outbreak Listings
• Environmental Health Services-Food Safety Projects

F

• Food Allergies and Restaurants
• Food Allergies in Schools
• Foodborne Illness
• Food safety at CDC

G

• Giardiasis (Giardia infection)

H

• Haverhill (see Rat-bite fever)
• Hepatitis A—Viral Hepatitis

I

• Irradiation of foodexternal icon
• Intestinal roundworm infection (see Ascariasis)
• Isosporiasis (see Cystoisosporiasis)

J

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K

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L

• Leptospirosis
• Listeriosis (Listeria infection)
  • Information for Healthcare Professionals
  • Outbreak Listings

M

• Marine toxins (Ciguatoxin)

N

• Norovirus
  • Information for Healthcare Professionals
  • Outbreaks

O

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P

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Q

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R

• Radiation emergencies
• Rat-bite fever
• Rat lungworm (Angiostrongyliasis)
• Raw milk
• Restaurant resources
• Rotavirus

S

• Salmonella infection (also Salmonellosis)
  • Information for Healthcare Professionals
  • Outbreak Listings
  • Salmonella enteritidis
  • Salmonella typhi (Typhoid Fever)
• Scombroid (fish poisoning)
• Shigellosis (Shigella infection)
  • Information for Healthcare Professionals
• Staphylococcal (Staph) food poisoning (Staphylococcus aureus)

T

• Taeniasis
• Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma infection)
• Traveler’s diarrhea
• Trichinellosis/Trichinosis (Trichinella infection)
• Typhoid Fever (Salmonella typhi infection)
  • Information for Healthcare Professionals

U

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V

• Viral gastroenteritis
• Vibrio Illness (Vibriosis)
  • Information for Healthcare Professionals
  • Outbreak Listings
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Vibrio vulnificus
  • Vibrio cholerae infection (Cholera)

W

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X

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Y

• Yersinia (Yersinia enterocolitica infection)
  • Information for Healthcare Professionals

Z

 

• Amebiasis
• Ascaris, Roundworms
• Botulism
• Brainerd Diarrhea
• Calicivirus (Norwalk-like viruses)
• Campylobacter
• Cholera
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Cyclospora infection
• Cysticercosis
• E.coli O157:H7
• Giardiasis
• Hepatitis A
• Listeriosis
• Norwalk-like virus
• Salmonella Enteritidis
• Salmonellosis
• Shigellosis
• Toxoplasmosis
• Trichinosis
• Typhoid Fever
• Vibrio vulnificus
• Viral gastritis

PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

• Salmonella spp.
• Clostridium botulinum
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Campylobacter jejuni
• Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Vibrio cholerae O1
• Vibrio cholerae non-O1
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus and other vibrios
• Vibrio vulnificus
• Clostridium perfringens
• Bacillus cereus
• Aeromonas hydrophila and other spp.
• Plesiomonas shigelloides
• Shigella spp.
• Miscellaneous enterics
• Streptococcus

Enterovirulent Escherichia coli Group (EEC Group)

• E. Coli - general
• Escherichia coli - enterotoxigenic (ETEC)
• Escherichia coli - enteropathogenic (EPEC)
• Escherichia coli O157:H7 enterohemorrhagic (EHEC)
• Escherichia coli - enteroinvasive (EIEC)

PARASITIC PROTOZOA and WORMS

• Giardia lamblia
• Entamoeba histolytica
• Cryptosporidium parvum
• Cyclospora cayetanensis Updated!
• Anisakis sp. and related worms
• Diphyllobothrium spp.
• Nanophyetus spp.
• Eustrongylides sp.
• Acanthamoeba and other free-living amoebae
• Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura

VIRUSES

• Hepatitis A virus
• Hepatitis E virus
• Rotavirus
• Norwalk virus group
• Other viral agents

NATURAL TOXINS

• Ciguatera poisoning
• Shellfish toxins (PSP, DSP, NSP, ASP)
• Scombroid poisoning
• Tetrodotoxin (Pufferfish)
• Mushroom toxins
• Aflatoxins
• Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
• Phytohaemagglutinin (Red kidney bean poisoning)
• Grayanotoxin (Honey intoxication)

Federal Government Web Sites

• The Bad Bug Book (FDA)
  Brings together information on 40 pathogen toxins from FDA, CDC, FSIS, and NIH.
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC)
• Question & Answer Fact Sheets
  • Aflatoxins
  • Campylobacter
  • Cholera
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Listeriosis
  • Salmonellosis
  • Vibrio Vulnificus
• Foodborne Disease Fact Sheet (NIAID)
• Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal (CDC)
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease)
• Enhancing State Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases July 1998 (CDC)
• Listeria monocytogenes
• USDA Agricultural Research Service Food Safety Activities

Federal Government/Private Sector Partnership Web Sites

• Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens (Partnership for Food Safety Education)
  (English) (Chinese (Big 5) ) (Chinese (GB) ) (French) (German) (Korean) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8)) (Spanish)
• Organisms That Can Bug You (Partnership for Food Safety Education)
  (English) (Chinese (Big 5) ) (Chinese (GB) ) (French) (German) (Korean) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8)) (Spanish)
• Everyone can Fight BAC! (Partnership for Food Safety Education)
  (English) (Chinese (Big 5) ) (Chinese (GB) ) (French) (German) (Korean) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8)) (Spanish)

State & Local Government Web Sites

• About Food Poisoning (Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Virginia)
• Communicable Diseases Investigation (Department of Health, Pennsylvania)
• Epidemiology (Health and Human Services, Nebraska)
• Organisms of Concern (Cooperative Extension Service, North Carolina)
• Quick Facts on Pfiesteria (
• What You Should Know about Pfiesteria and Virginia's Water (Department of Health, Virginia)

APPENDICES

• Infective dose
• Epidemiology summary table
• Factors affecting microbial growth in foods