Diarrhea—a Potential Foodborne Killer

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Diarrhea, the most common and underestimated infectious disease caused by the consumption of contaminated food, makes 550 million people sick and 230,000 people die annually, which is categorized as foodborne disease. It’s estimated that 600 million people around the world (almost 1 in every 10 people) get sick every year due to eating contaminated food, and 420,000 people die.

Foodborne diseases are usually infectious or toxic, happen when bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals contaminated by food or water enter the human body.

• Salmonella, Campylobacter and EHEC are the most common food borne pathogens, affecting millions of people every year, sometimes with serious and fatal consequences. Symptoms are fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. The food involved in the salmonella outbreak includes eggs, poultry and other animal derived products. (Campylobacter infection are mainly caused by raw milk, raw or undercooked poultry and drinking water, andEHEC is associated with unsterilized milk, undercooked meat, and fresh fruits and vegetables)

• Listeria infection can lead to miscarriage or neonatal death. Although the incidence of the disease is low, theserious and sometimes fatal health consequences, especially in infants, children and the elderly, make it the most serious foodborne infection. Listeria is found in unsterilized dairy products and various instant food and may grow at refrigerated temperatures.

• Vibrio cholera infects people through contaminated water or foodwith manifestations like abdominal pain, vomiting, and massive watery diarrhea, which can lead to severe dehydration and death. Rice, vegetables, millet porridge and all kinds of seafood are all associated with the cholera epidemic that is rampaging in Africa.

Measures must be taken to control such infectious diseases that are frequently overlooked by human, one of which could be the immunodiagnosis—an application of immunology theory, technology and methods to diagnose various diseases and determine immune status. Immunodiagnostic reagents are widely applied in hospitals, blood stations and physical examination centers to test infectious disease, tumor, and pregnancy test, etc. When it comes to the immunodiagnostic reagents, antibody must be mentioned as one of the crucial supporting components. Creative Biolabs, as the leading CRO in the field of antibody products and engineering, is offering antibody products of high affinity specialized in the diagnosis of infectious diseases caused by micro-organisms, covering bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.

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Safe food supply can support national economy, trade and tourism, promote food and nutrition security and support sustainable development. Urbanization and changes in consumer habits, including travel, enable more people to buy and consume foods prepared in public places, and globalization makes consumers demand more and more diversified food, which makes the global food chain more and more complex and long. These challenges bestow food manufacturers and processors greater responsibility for ensuring food safety. Due to the speed and scope of product sales, local events may rapidly evolve into international emergencies which can be corroborated in the past decade that there have been serious outbreaks of foodborne diseases on all continents, often expanding as a result of Global trade.