PROTOZOA CAUSING FOOD POISONING

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Military Medical Academy.

2 Ministry of Interior Hospitals

3 Faculty of Medicine, University of Cairo, Egypt.

4 Faculty of Medicine, University of Ain Shams, Egypt

Abstract

Food poisoning also called foodborne illness, or illness caused by eating contaminated food is a term used to cover an unpleasant range of illnesses. Food poisoning symptoms vary with the source of contamination. Most types of food poisoning cause one or more of the following signs and symptoms: nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, abdominal pain and cramps and fever Signs and symptoms may start within hours after eating the contaminated food, or they may begin days or even weeks later. Sickness caused by food poisoning generally lasts from a few hours to several days.

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