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• AMA: Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses - Publication for health care professionals on the causes and treatments of foodborne illness.
• Ask NOAH About: Food Poisoning - Directory of annotated links.
• Bacteria and Foodborne Illness - Discusses the causes, risk factors, and complications associated with foodborne illness. Reviews treatment options and prevention strategies.
• Bacterial Food Poisoning - Discusses the common bacterial agents and the symptoms and foods associated with each agent.
• The Bad Bug Book - This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Each chapter focuses on either one bacteria, virus, parasite, or natural toxin, providing basic facts.
• BBC Health - Food Poisoning - Short discussion of the causes, prevention, and treatments.
• CDC - Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch - Focuses on the control and prevention of bacterial foodborne and diarrheal diseases. Features news, programs, alerts, and information about individual diseases.
• CDC Health Topic: Foodborne Illnesses - Causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention of foodborne illnesses.
• CDC: Healthy Swimming - Recommendations for healthy swimming behaviors needed to protect people from recreational water illnesses (RWIs) and will help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place.
• CDC: Rotavirus - Features organism information, concern about the vaccine, treatment, and prevention.
• CDC Travelers' Health - Risks from Food and Drink - Factsheet covering prevention of foodborne and waterborne illness.
• CDC: Viral Gastroenteritis - Discusses viruses that can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, Norwalk virus, and a group of Noroviruses.
• Children's Water Fund - Providing clean, disease-free water systems to families otherwise forced to drink disease-invested water in Africa.
• Clemson Extension: Foodborne Illnesses: Viruses - Factsheet showing causes, symptoms and treatment of viral infections.
• DBMD - Brainerd Diarrhea - No cause for this illness has been found yet. Includes source of infection, symptoms, prevention, and outbreaks.
• DBMD - Foodborne Infections - FAQ discussing the causes and preventions of foodborne diseases.
• eMedicine - Food Poisoning - Article by Senthil Nachimuthu, MD.
• eMedicine - Food Poisoning : - Article by Sunil K Sood, MD.
• eMedicine - Vibrio Infections - Article by Hoi Ho, MD.
• eMedicine Health - Food Poisoning - Articles on the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of several foodborne illneses.
• EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water - Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on maintaining a safe water supply.
• FDA/CFSAN - Foodborne Illness - Directory of sites with information on various foodborne illnesses.
• Food Microbe - Providing academic research services to the food industry relating to hygiene, poisoning, and spoilage.
• Food Poisoning - Comprehensive information on food poisoning, from the California Poison Control System.
• Food poisoning and Foodborne Illness - An explanation of foodborne illness or food poisoning. What is is, where it comes from, and how to avoid it. NSW Food Authority (government) information for consumers and schools.
• Food Poisoning Micro-Organisms - Food safety for food workers information source discussing the causes and prevention of foodborne illness.
• Food Safety and Foodborne Illness - Factsheet from the World Health Organization.
• Food Safety: Food Poisoning - Discusses signs, symptoms and prevention of viral, bacterial, and fungal food poisoning. From the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
• Food Safety Research Information Office - Directory of resources covering several diseases and toxins that can cause foodborn illness.
• Food Standards Agency - Avoiding Food Poisoning - FAQ on several causes of food poisoning.
• Food Storage, Food Spoilage, and Foodborne Illness - Publication looks at the causes of foodborne illness, such as salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium botulinum, and trichinosis, and ways to avoid problems.
• Foodborne Diseases - Factsheets from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
• Foodborne Illness - Directory of factsheets on the most common causes of food poisoning.
• Foodborne Illness - Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
• Foodborne Illness Education Information Center - Information and discussion of the issues, training materials, discussion groups, and links.
• Foodborne Illness: Prevention Strategies - Factsheet from Clemson University describes types, symptoms and preventing food borne illnesses.
• Foodborne Illness: Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens - Discusses common causes and symptoms.
• Foodborne Illnesses - Information about cross-contamination and how bacteria spreads.
• Foodborne Illness--What Consumers Need to Know - Factsheet from the USDA.
• Foodborne Pathogens: Iowa State University Extension - Includes causes of illness, incubation period, symptoms, possible contaminants, and steps for prevention.
• Foodlink: Food Poisoning - Provides information on the causes of food poisoning.
• FoodNet - Project consists of active surveillance for foodborne diseases and related epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases in the United States.
• FoodSafety.gov - Foodborne Pathogens - Directory of links dealing with foodborne illness.
• How to Help Avoid Foodborne Illness in the Home - Features prevention strategies and causes.
• How to Stop Food-Borne Illness Before it Starts - Provided by HealthLink. Information on food-borne diarrheal disease and safe food handling practices in the home.
• Marler Clark - Law firm site with news and information about foodborne illnesses.
• MedlinePlus: Drinking Water - Factsheets and news releases about harmful substances and organisms in water.
• MedlinePlus: Food Contamination And Poisoning - Features news and factsheets.
• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Food Poisoning - Includes symptoms, causes, prevention, complications, tests, and treatment.
• Minnesota Department of Health: Foodborne Illness - Includes surveillance statistics, outbreaks in the state, symptoms, causes, and prevention.
• National Restaurant Association : Foodborne Illness - A list of some of the most common foodborne illnesses and their symptoms and causes.
• Parasites and Foodborne Illness - Publication of the US Food Safety and Inspection Service that discusses several foodborne parasites.
• Preventing Food Poisoning and Food Infection - Factsheet from the University of Georgia.
• Reducing the Risk of Food Poisoning - Factsheet from Ohio State University.
• RUSick2 Food Poisoning Forum - Michigan State University - Compare notes about what you ate before becoming sick.
• Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP) - Organization which works to promote food safety and prevent food borne illness. Supports foodborne illness victims, educates consumers about unsafe food conditions, and works with government on food safety issues.
• Safe Water for International Travelers - Find details on waterborne diseases, drinking water ratings, health risks of swimming pools or spas, and quality standards. Contains a search, by country.
• Safefood Bug Bible - Series of factsheets covering the common causes of food poisoning.
• Seafood-Related Illnesses - Collection of factsheets on various causes of seafood borne illnesses.
• Texas Department of Health: Foodborne Illness - Fact sheets on several waterborne and foodborne illnesses.
• The Unwelcome Dinner Guest: Preventing Food-Borne Illness - Factsheet on prevention from the FDA.
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus - Includes cause, associated foods, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of this illness associated with contaminated seafood.
• Vibrio vulnificus - Can cause disease in those who eat contaminated seafood or have an open wound that is exposed to seawater. Features symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.
• Waterborne Illness - Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
• WHO: Foodborne Disease - Includes disease surveillance, publications, and links.
• WHO: Foodborne Diseases - Directory of links and news.
• WHO: Water-related Disease - Includes factsheets and issues.

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