Chapter 16: Foodborne & Waterborne Illnesses

Question 1

What are 2 general ways that microbes in food or water cause illness?

Answer 1

Foodborne intoxications, Foodborne infections

Question 2

What term means the ingestion of food/water containing toxins produced by microbes which cause damage to hosts tissues?

Answer 2

Foodborne intoxications

Question 3

What term means an illness was due to ingestion of microbes in food/water which cause the damage to hosts tissues as they multiply?

Answer 3

Foodborne infections

Question 4

What type of foodborne illness affects its host quicker?

Answer 4

Foodborne intoxications

Question 5

What type of foodborne illness has dead microbes release endotoxins while live microbes excrete exotoxins?

Answer 5

Foodborne intoxications

Question 6

Which foodborne virus causes the greatest number of reported illnesses per year?

Answer 6

Norovirus

Question 7

Which foodborne bacteria causes the greatest number of reported illnesses per year?

Answer 7

Salmonella

Question 8

What type of foodborne outbreaks are associated with consumption of one contaminated item by many people?

Answer 8

Common source outbreaks

Question 9

What is an example of microbes that have illness spread through food/water contamination?

Answer 9

Cholera