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Target

Organism

Symptoms

Onset

Duration

Population

Source

Suspect Foods

E. coli

O157:H7

Severe cramping,

12–60 hours

2–9 days

Children

Cattle, deer

Undercooked or

watery diarrhea

to weeks

raw hamburger,

becoming bloody,

raw milk,

low-grade fever

unpasteurized apple cider

Listeria

Septicemia,

A few days

Days to weeks

Pregnant woman,

Soil,

Raw milk, soft

monocytogenes

maningoen-

to 6 weeks

immunocom-

improperly

ripened cheeses,

cephalitis,

promised

made silage

ice cream, raw

spontaneous persons,

cancer

vegetables,

abortions, and

AIDS

fermented

raw

stillbirths,

patients and those

meat, sausages,

influenza-like with

chronic

hot

dogs,

symptoms

diseases, elderly,

luncheon meats,

(fatality rate is

raw and cooked

as high

poultry, raw and

as 70%)

smoked fish

Salmonella

Nausea, chills,

6–48 hours

1–4 days

Everyone, b

ut

Water, soil,

Raw meats, poultry,

vomiting, cramps,

more severe

insects,

eggs, milk, dairy

fever, headache,

symptoms in

animal

products, fish,

diarrhea,

infants, elderly,

feces, raw

shrimp, frogs

dehydration

infirm and

meat, raw

legs, yeast,

AIDS patients

poultry,

coconut, sauces

raw seafood

and salad dressings, cake mixes, cream-filled desserts and toppings, dried gelatin, peanut butter, cocoa, chocolate