{"id":9550,"date":"2020-08-17T17:27:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T11:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=9550"},"modified":"2020-08-17T17:27:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T11:57:20","slug":"transmission-of-salmonella-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/transmission-of-salmonella-bacteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Transmission of Salmonella bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims: Science<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, health agencies in the US and Canada have put out alerts asking its citizens to discard onions supplied by Thomson International Inc, linking a\u00a0<strong>salmonella bacteria infection\u00a0<\/strong>with the bulb.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/thmb\/HSkgUzRDXoE8LKxuqGPZ1lBXAP4=\/1000x1000\/smart\/filters:no_upscale()\/salmonella-causes-31-5af4921bba61770036cbf751.png\" alt=\"Salmonella: Causes and Risk Factors\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More on the news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The salmonella bacteria is said to be transmitted through contaminated onions, cultivated by Thomson International.<\/li>\n<li>The Public Health Agency of Canada, the US CDC and Canadian Food Inspection Agency are currently investigating commonalities to identify the source and cause of contamination in the onions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pig333.com\/3tres3_common\/art\/pig333\/7185\/possible-routes-of-salmonella-spp-transmission-from-wild-birds-to-humans_50412.jpg\" alt=\"Salmonella in wild birds: a risk for swine? - Articles - pig333, pig to  pork community\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>About Salmonellosis<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cause<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>The\u00a0<strong>salmonella bacteria\u00a0<\/strong>resides in animals. When it enters a human body it causes salmonellosis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Transmission<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Salmonella can transmit to humans through\u00a0<strong><em>contaminated water or food<\/em><\/strong><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Symptoms<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>It creates an\u00a0<strong><em>infection that attacks the intestine<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and can cause diarrhoea, abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, bleeding in stool and nausea.<\/li>\n<li>It takes<strong>\u00a0one to six days for symptoms to emerge.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The symptoms of the infection\u00a0<strong>last anywhere between 2 and 7 days.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>However, bowel function could sometimes take months before returning to normalcy.<\/li>\n<li>In some cases, the infection spreads the infection\u00a0<strong>from the intestine to the bloodstream.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Vulnerable people<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>The infection hits children, below the age of five, and senior citizens the worst.<\/li>\n<li>However, only less than 1 percent of infected people succumb to the infection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kepro.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/carrier-salmonella-ENG.jpg\" alt=\"Vertical transmitted diseas: Salmonella \u2013 Kepro\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims: Science Why in news? 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