microorganisms in relation to human health: chapter 2

Malaria

Malaria

________ → bitten by a female mosquito who carries the disease.

Prevention

________: during preparation → heat the food above 75°c /167 F.

African trypanosomiasis

Sleeping sickness or ________ → bitten by the Tsetse fly.

Lyme disease

________ → bitten by ticks who carry the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi.

liquid particles

Aerosol= a suspension of fine solid or ________ in a gas.

foodborne infection

The food is contaminated with microorganisms

food poisoning

The food is contaminated with toxins

aerosol

is a suspension of fine solid or liquid particles in a gas.

Name all the routes of contamination

via food and drinking water, inhaled air, skin wounds, bit and stab wounds, cracks in mucous membrane

how can a foodborne infection be prevented?

by heating the food above 75°c/167 F

example foodborne infection

salmonella, cholera

example food poisoning

Botulism

example disease you can get via inhaled air

influenza, TBC

example disease you can get via crack in mucous membrane

HIV, STDs

example disease you can get via contaminated needles

HIV, HBV, HCV

example disease you can get via skin wounds

tetanus

example disease you can get via bit and stab wounds

rabies, malaria, sleeping sickness, lyme disease