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Salmonellosis is a symptomatic infection caused by bacteria of the Salmonella type. [1] It is the most common disease to be known as food poisoning (though the name refers to food-borne illness in general), these are defined as diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food.
Salmonella species can be found in the digestive tracts of humans and animals, especially reptiles. Salmonella on the skin of reptiles or amphibians can be passed to people who handle the animals. [39] Food and water can also be contaminated with the bacteria if they come in contact with the feces of infected people or animals. [40]
The most common symptoms of salmonella poisoning are gastrointestinal illness, such as diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramps. It can also cause a fever in some cases.
Foodborne illness (also known as foodborne disease and food poisoning) [1] is any illness resulting from the contamination of food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites, [2] as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease), and toxins such as aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that have not been boiled for at least 10 minutes.
Experts have discovered that salmonella has been depleting a key protein which the body’s own immune cells need to function. Breakthrough could ‘unleash’ potential of salmonella bowel cancer ...
Hundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened and at least 10 people have died in a growing outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to contaminated whole and pre-cut cantaloupe.
Without treatment, symptoms may last weeks or months. [5] Diarrhea may be severe, but is uncommon. [7] Other people may carry it without being affected, but are still contagious. [8] Typhoid fever is a type of enteric fever, along with paratyphoid fever. [2] Salmonella enterica Typhi is believed to infect and replicate only within humans. [9]
Salmonella can cause symptoms like diarrhea, fever, nausea, stomach cramps, vomiting, and even bloody stool. These symptoms usually show up between 6 hours to 6 days after exposure and can last 4 ...