PATHOGENS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH FOODBORNE DISEASE
Lecture # 8: September 28, 1998
All vocabulary words will be given in class and put on the Internet next week.
Study Questions for Quiz #1 are found below!
1. Define gastroenteritis and enterotoxins.
2. List 2 examples of organisms that produce enterotoxins after they multiply in the body.
3. How does an enterotoxin cause disease?
4. What clinical symptoms does one see as a result of invasion of the epithelial cells of the intestine?
5. For each of the following agents of foodborne disease, list: (a) what is its original source; (b) what are its major food vehicles for causing disease; (c) what is its mechanism of pathogenicity and (d) what type of disease does it cause and what are the manifestations of this disease?
1. E. coli 0157:H7
2. Salmonella
3.Campylobacter
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