Which of the following patterns is most likely to indicate a Foodborne illness

Patterns of foodborne illness

Explanation:

Patterns which may indicate a foodborne illness outbreak include various predominant symptoms of the illness, duration of the illness, population affected.

Differential clinical diagnosis of foodborne illness includes acute symptoms like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, abdominal pain, headache, fever etc. Microbial diagnosis needs to be done to identify the pathogen causing the foodborne illness.

Intensive surveillance needs to be done to detect serious outbreak of such foodborne illnesses. Diseases like typhoid, norovirus disease, hepatitis A, E. coli enteric diseases are caused to infection from contaminated food.

Answer: c

Explanation:Patterns which may indicate a foodborne illness outbreak include various predominant symptoms of the illness, duration of the illness, population affected.

Differential clinical diagnosis of foodborne illness includes acute symptoms like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, abdominal pain, headache, fever etc. Microbial diagnosis needs to be done to identify the pathogen causing the foodborne illness.

Intensive surveillance needs to be done to detect serious outbreak of such foodborne illnesses. Diseases like typhoid, norovirus disease, hepatitis A, E. coli enteric diseases are caused to infection from contaminated food.