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21 Cards in this Set
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Amebiasis
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-Contaminated raw
vegetables; contaminated water INCUBATION TIME (Onset of Symptoms)-A few days to several months or years. Commonly 2 to 4 weeks |
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Trichinosis
(Trichiniasis, Trichinellosis) |
-Raw or insufficiently
cooked flesh of animals; animals containing viable encysted larvae, chiefly pork and pork products, and beef products adulterated with raw pork INCUBATION TIME (Onset of Symptoms)-5 to 45 days, usually 10 to 14 days |
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Taeniasis due to
Taenia Solium Intestinal Form (Pork Tapeworm) |
-Raw or uncooked
infected pork INCUBATION TIME (Onset of Symptoms)-8 to 12 weeks |
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Cysticerosis (Infection
by Taenia solium cystericercus) |
-Food or water
contaminated with the eggs of Taenia solium INCUBATION TIME (Onset of Symptoms)-A few months to 30 years |
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Taenia saginata
Infection (Beef Tapeworm) |
-Raw or uncooked
beef INCUBATION TIME (Onset of Symptoms)-10 to 14 weeks |
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Diphyllocothriasis
(Broad or Fish Tapeworm infection) |
-Raw or inadequately
cooked fresh water fish -3 to 6 weeks |
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Anisakiasis
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-Inadequately treated
(frozen, salted, smoked) salt water fish or squid INCUBATION TIME (Onset of Symptoms) -Gastric symptoms within 4 to 6 hours of ingestion. Symptoms referable to the small and large bowel within a few days or weeks. |
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Viral Hepatitis A
(Infectious Hepatitis) |
Foods usually
involved-Contaminated water and food, including milk, sliced meats, salads, and raw or undercooked mollusks Incubation Time (Onset of Symptoms)-15 to 50 days, average 28 to 30 days |
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Epidemic Viral
Gastroenteropathy (Norwalk type disease) |
-Clams, oysters,
cockles, green salads, pastry, and frostings INCUBATION TIME-24 to 48 hours, usually 12 to 36 hours |
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Salmonellosis
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-Raw (especially
cracked) eggs, egg products, raw milk and products, poultry, pet turtles and chicks. INCUBATION TIME-6 to 72 hours, range 10 to 51 hours |
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Typhoid Fever
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-Food or water
contaminated by feces or urine of a patient or carrier. Shellfish from sewage contaminated water. Flies can infect foods. INCUBATION TIME-Usually 1 to 3 weeks |
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Yersiniosis
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-Inadequate cooking,
contamination after pasteurization, contamination of foods by water, rodents, other animals. INCUBATION TIME-24 to 36 hours |
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Shigellosis (Bacillary
dysentery) |
-Food or water
contaminated by feces from a patient or carrier. Any direct or indirect fecal-oral transmission from a patient or carrier. Water, milk, cockroach and flyborne transmission may occur from direct fecal contamination. INCUBATION TIME-1 to 7 days, usually 1 to 3 days |
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Diarrhea caused by
campylobacteria (Campylobacter enteritis, Vibrionic enteritis) |
-Food or
unpasteurized milk or water. Contact with infected pets (especially puppies and kittens), wild animals, or infected infants; and possibly food crosscontaminated with these sources. INCUBATION TIME-1 to 10 days, usually 3 to 5 days |
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Brucellosis (Undulant
fever, Malta fever) |
-Raw milk, daily
products (cheese) from infected animals. Contact with infected animals or their tissues, blood, urine, vaginal discharges, aborted fetuses, and placentas. INCUBATION TIME-1 to 10 days, usually 3 to 5 days |
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Leptospiros (Weil's
disease, Hemorrhagic jaundice) |
-Food contaminated
with urine of infected rats. Abraded skin or mucous membrane contact with water moist soil or vegetation contaminated with urine of infected animals. INCUBATION TIME-4 to 19 days, usually 10 days |
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Streptococcal
Diseases caused by Group A (Beta Hemolytic) Streptococci (Streptococcal sore throat) |
-Milk, milk products,
egg salad, deviled hard boiled eggs. INCUBATION TIME-1 to 3 days, rarely longer |
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Tuberculosis (TB),
Bovine |
-Raw unpasteurized
milk or dairy products. INCUBATION TIME-About 4 to 12 weeks, the risk of infection remains greatest for 1 to 2 years after infection. Risk may persist for lifetime as a latent infection. |
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Tularemia (Rabbit
Fever) |
-Insufficiently cooked
rabbit or hare meat; contaminated water. INCUBATION TIME-2 to 10 days, usually 3 days |
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Q Fever (Query
Fever) |
-Raw milk from
infected cows INCUBATION TIME-Usually 2 to 3 weeks |
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Listerosis
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-Inadequate cooking,
failure to properly pasteurize milk, prolonged refrigeration. INCUBATION TIME-3 to 21 days, maybe longer |
