Viruses are much more deadly when it comes to food poisoning. They can infect any food and cause fatal accidents anywhere, anytime. Spread easily from one person to another. If the appropriate food poisoning treatment is not given the time, they can affect an entire area or region within a few days. Therefore, they became very famous.
There are three groups of viruses that are very harmful and people should protect themselves against them at any cost. Below is a brief description about two viruses.
A: this virus of hepatitis is notoriously known for causing an acute infectious disease that bears his name. It uses a food contaminated as its medium. Then it spreads through the fecal-oral route. In a densely populated area, hepatitis a spreads quickly when conditions of hygiene does not possess.
Earlier, signs of food poisoning resemble the flu. Thus, the appropriate treatment for this disease may be delayed because of confusion. Typical symptoms include itching, stomach pain, nausea, weight loss, fever, diarrhea, depression, jaundice, fatigue, light-colored stools, loss of appetite, etc.
Norovirus: this virus in round shape is a member of the family Caliciiridae. This virus causes a family food poisoning disease known as stomach flu. Norovirus uses vegetables, water, shellfish and humans as means to spread this virus usually reaches a densely populated area like schools, hostels, prisons, hospitals, restaurants and cruise ships.
The usual symptoms are weakness, abdominal pain, low-grade fever, headache, diarrhea, loss of taste, vomiting and nausea. Adults suffer more with this food-borne illness. But this virus rarely represents a threat to life.
You can still learn more on http://www.nichd.nih.gov/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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