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Descriptor
English
:
Foodborne Diseases
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedades Transmitidas por los Alimentos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos
Synonyms
English
:
Food Poisoning
Tree Number:
C25.723.415
SP4.001.032.383.509
VS2.001.003.001.005.006
Definition
English
:
Acute illnesses, usually affecting the
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
, brought on by consuming contaminated
food
or
beverages
. Most of these diseases are infectious, caused by a variety of
bacteria
,
viruses
, or
parasites
that can be foodborne. Sometimes the diseases are caused by harmful toxins from the microbes or other chemicals present in the
food
. Especially in the latter case, the condition is often called
food
poisoning.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate with specific
food
item / pois; note several specific precoordinated
food
poisoning
terms are also available
See Related
English
:
Diarrhea
Food Hypersensitivity
History Note
English
:
2010 (1963)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
5656
Unique Identifier:
D005517
Occurrence in VHL
:
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