Foodborne infections in the Netherlands increased from 2017 to 2018, according to a recent report.
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) found a rise in norovirus,
Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by the microscopic parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. People can become infected with Cyclospora by consuming food or water contaminated with the parasite. Both drinking and
Shigella and norovirus increased but Listeria, Hepatitis A and E declined last year, according to gastrointestinal surveillance reports published by Health Protection Scotland (HPS).
In 2018, there were 115 reports
Researchers have described the first outbreak of apple juice-related cryptosporidiosis reported outside the United States.
Although it did not involve many people, it serves as a reminder that apple juice,
Campylobacter, Salmonella and non-O157 Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) cases increased in the United Kingdom in 2017, according to a report.
The U.K. Zoonoses Report found Listeria and
Cryptosporidium spp., Toxoplasma gondii and Echinococcus spp. have been identified as important foodborne parasites in Europe.
Infection with these parasites in humans and animals, or their occurrence in food, is
Findings of E. coli in more than one in 10 tests on private water supplies in Scotland is “unacceptable,” according to the body that regulates water quality.
A report from
It’s fair season, and a new crop of parents is taking excited youngsters to county and state fairs across the country so they can see the farm animals. Not
Eleven confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis from infection by the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium have been traced back to the Heaven on Earth Farm in Easton, PA, according to a spokesperson for
Watch children when they enter a petting zoo. Just about always, their faces light up with joy at seeing the animals as their hands reach out to touch them.
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For the first time since CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report last year documented two siblings with cryptosporidiosis associated with raw milk consumption, a state is blaming an invasion
An outbreak of Cryptosporidium infection has been building for the past two weeks in central Ohio, with the number of cases hitting 209 as of Friday. The cases are scattered
