A waterborne typhoid fever outbreak sickened more than 20 people in China earlier this year.
The outbreak involved 23 patients in an apartment in Changping District in Beijing and was caused by extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi through a polluted water supply.
It was the first report of a waterborne
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Scientists have shown how a bacterial protein senses changes in temperature to slacken DNA strands and boost gene expression in some foodborne pathogens.
The approach may open new avenues to control pathogenic multi-drug resistant bacteria, according to researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi
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Climate change is likely to have considerable impact on food safety, placing public health at risk, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
In its first publication on the topic, WHO officials said changing rainfall patterns and increases in extreme weather events and the annual average temperature are impacts of
Continue Reading WHO says climate change could have ‘considerable’ food safety impact
The raw Florida oysters that sickened at least 11 people during March and April were contaminated with an unusual but mild strain of cholera.
“This is the first outbreak of illness from this strain of cholera in Florida, and we have yet to be able to find any other
Continue Reading Oyster Outbreak a First for Mild Strain of Cholera
Oysters from one harvest area of Florida’s Apalachicola Bay should not be eaten, served, purchased, sold or shipped, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an alert Tuesday.
Eight people who ate oysters harvested from area 1642 between March 21 and April 6, 2011 were confirmed to have toxigenic Vibrio
Continue Reading Cholera Outbreak Linked to Florida Oyster Area
