foodborne illness
illness resulting from food that is spoiled or contaminated by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, parasites or toxins
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Summary
foodborne illness is a class of disease[1]. It draws 2,950 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #323 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: intoxication[3], physiological condition[4], food-related disease[5]
- Commons category: Foodborne illness[6]
- ICPC 2 ID: D73[7]
- Symptoms and signs: abdominal pain[8], diarrhea[9], headache[10], vomiting[11], poisoning[12]
- Has cause: food-borne transmission[13], food contaminant[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Foodborne illnesses[15]
- Medical examination: complete blood count[16], microbiological culture[17]
- Possible treatment: detoxification[18], oral rehydration therapy[19], Adsorbentes intestinales[20], intravenous fluid replacement[21], symptomatic treatment[22], gastric lavage[23]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25]
- Equivalent class: http://linkeddata.ge.imati.cnr.it/resource/EARTh/53610[26], http://id.cabi.org/cabt/48982[27]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C128351[28]
- Different from: food poisoning[29]
- Health specialty: medical toxicology[30]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: Ringer's solution[31], Ringer's lactate solution[32], activated carbon[33]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
Why It Matters
foodborne illness has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]