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Publication for health care professionals on the causes and treatments of foodborne illness.

Directory of annotated links.

Short discussion of the causes, prevention, and treatments.

Discusses the causes, risk factors, and complications associated with foodborne illness. Reviews treatment options and prevention strategies.

Discusses the common bacterial agents and the symptoms and foods associated with each agent.

Recommendations for healthy swimming behaviors needed to protect people from recreational water illnesses (RWIs) and will help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place.

Features organism information, concern about the vaccine, treatment, and prevention.

Discusses viruses that can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, Norwalk virus, and a group of Noroviruses.

Focuses on the control and prevention of bacterial foodborne and diarrheal diseases. Features news, programs, alerts, and information about individual diseases.

Causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention of foodborne illnesses.

Factsheet covering prevention of foodborne and waterborne illness.

Providing clean, disease-free water systems to families otherwise forced to drink disease-invested water in Africa.

Factsheet showing causes, symptoms and treatment of viral infections.

No cause for this illness has been found yet. Includes source of infection, symptoms, prevention, and outbreaks.

FAQ discussing the causes and preventions of foodborne diseases.

Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on maintaining a safe water supply.

Directory of sites with information on various foodborne illnesses.

Providing academic research services to the food industry relating to hygiene, poisoning, and spoilage.

Comprehensive information on food poisoning, from the California Poison Control System.

Food safety for food workers information source discussing the causes and prevention of foodborne illness.

Discusses signs, symptoms and prevention of viral, bacterial, and fungal food poisoning. From the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Directory of resources covering several diseases and toxins that can cause foodborn illness.

Factsheet from the World Health Organization.

FAQ on several causes of food poisoning.

Publication looks at the causes of foodborne illness, such as salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium botulinum, and trichinosis, and ways to avoid problems.

Project consists of active surveillance for foodborne diseases and related epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases in the United States.

Directory of links dealing with foodborne illness.

Factsheets from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.

Directory of factsheets on the most common causes of food poisoning.

Factsheet from Clemson University describes types, symptoms and preventing food borne illnesses.

Discusses common causes and symptoms.

Information and discussion of the issues, training materials, discussion groups, and links.

Factsheet from the USDA.

Information about cross-contamination and how bacteria spreads.

Includes causes of illness, incubation period, symptoms, possible contaminants, and steps for prevention.

Provides information on the causes of food poisoning.

Features prevention strategies and causes.

Provided by HealthLink. Information on food-borne diarrheal disease and safe food handling practices in the home.

Law firm site with news and information about foodborne illnesses.

Factsheets and news releases about harmful substances and organisms in water.

Features news and factsheets.

Includes symptoms, causes, prevention, complications, tests, and treatment.

Includes surveillance statistics, outbreaks in the state, symptoms, causes, and prevention.

A list of some of the most common foodborne illnesses and their symptoms and causes.

Publication of the US Food Safety and Inspection Service that discusses several foodborne parasites.

Factsheet from the University of Georgia.

Compare notes about what you ate before becoming sick.

Factsheet from Ohio State University.

Organization which works to promote food safety and prevent food borne illness. Supports foodborne illness victims, educates consumers about unsafe food conditions, and works with government on food safety issues.

Find details on waterborne diseases, drinking water ratings, health risks of swimming pools or spas, and quality standards. Contains a search, by country.

Series of factsheets covering the common causes of food poisoning.

Collection of factsheets on various causes of seafood borne illnesses.

Fact sheets on several waterborne and foodborne illnesses.

This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Each chapter focuses on either one bacteria, virus, parasite, or natural toxin, providing basic facts.

Factsheet on prevention from the FDA.

Includes cause, associated foods, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of this illness associated with contaminated seafood.

Can cause disease in those who eat contaminated seafood or have an open wound that is exposed to seawater. Features symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.

Includes disease surveillance, publications, and links.

Directory of links and news.

Includes factsheets and issues.

Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.

Article by Senthil Nachimuthu, MD.

Article by Sunil K Sood, MD.

Article by Hoi Ho, MD.

Articles on the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of several foodborne illneses.