Cholera : Risk Factors

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Defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as diseases " of an infectious or toxic nature caused by, or thought to be caused by, the consumption of food or water, " food-borne diseases are an important cause of morbidity and economic loss worldwide. Countries that keep statistics (usually industrialized countries), may record tens of thousands of cases annually, but it is acknowledged that only a small proportion are reported centrally (see Table 1).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Groundwater can be defined as any body of water that is contained in underground waterways known as aquifers. Because groundwater flows through compressed gravel and soil deposits, it flows very slowly.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Food poisoning is a general term for health problems arising from eating food contaminated by viruses, chemicals, or bacterial toxins. Types of food poisoning include bacterial food poisoning, shellfish poisoning, and mushroom poisoning.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Food poisoning refers to illness arising from eating contaminated food. Food may be contaminated by bacteria, viruses, environmental toxins, or toxins present within the food itself, such as the poisons in some mushrooms or seafood.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Salmonella food poisoning is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation (swelling) of the lining of the stomach and intestines ( gastroenteritis ). The causative bacteria is called Salmonella .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Food poisoning is a general term for health problems arising from eating contaminated food. Food may be contaminated by bacteria, viruses, environmental toxins, or toxins present within the food itself, such as the poisons in some mushrooms or certain seafood.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Salmonella food poisoning is a bacterial food poisoning caused by the Salmonella bacterium. It results in the swelling of the lining of the stomach and intestines ( gastroenteritis ).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Food poisoning is a general term for health problems arising from eating contaminated food. Food may be contaminated by bacteria , viruses , environmental toxins, or toxins present within the food itself, such as the poisons in some mushrooms.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
One of the many luxuries Americans enjoy is access to the safest and most abundant food supply in the world. This stems from many advances and improvements in food safety, sanitation, and crop production that reduce the chance of food-safety problems, including food-borne illness, pesticide contamination, or infectious disease.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Well Being
Famine is defined as an extreme shortage of food or lack of access to food by a population, accompanied by an increase in death rates. Deaths during famine occur not only due to malnutrition, but also from infectious diseases to which malnutrition predisposes the population and from the social ills brought about by food shortage.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Famine is the culmination of a long process, typically covering two or more crop seasons, in which increasing numbers of people lose their access to food. Although early detection seems highly possible, the origins of famine are unclear, and early response is therefore rare.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Well Being
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