Posts Tagged food-borne illness

Listeriosis

Listeriosis

A food-borne illness that may cause no symptoms in healthy children but is especially dangerous to newborns and very young children. Listeriosis occurs in about 7.5 cases for every one million people. Once thought to be exclusively a veteri.. Read More

Health and Wellness | 01.20.09 | No Comments

Botulism

Botulism

The most common type of the infectious disease known as “botulism” is a food-borne illness involving the toxin Clostridium botulinum, which is both rare and very deadly (two-thirds of those afflicted die). Another type is known as “in.. Read More

Health and Wellness | 12.14.08 | 1 Comment