Sci/162 Foodborne Illness Short Answer Questions

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Stephanie Quinones SCI/162 Foodborne Illness Short Answer Questions Hepatitis A is known as swelling of the liver due to the Hepatitis A Virus. The pathogen is known as HAV which is the cause of acute Hepatitis but has no association to chronic liver disease. HAV can also lead to other viruses such as Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. HAV is also referred to as epidemic hepatitis, epidemic jaundice, and catarrhal jaundice. The infection has three phases that it can progress from. Immune tolerant phase means that your immune system is ignoring the virus; immune clearance refers to the attempt your immune system makes in order to eliminate the virus; and quiescent phase means that the virus is less active. HAV can cause a rather quickly progression causing these cases to be fatal – although it is rare. The Hepatitis A virus is one of the most causes of foodborne infections. The contamination of HAV usually happens at any point during cultivation, harvest, processing, distribution, or preparation of food or water. One HAV-contaminated person that handles food in public places such as a restaurant can contaminate anywhere from a dozen to a hundreds of people. Fruits and vegetables can become easily contaminated because of the waste used to fertilize them. Animals and their origin like raw eggs, unpasteurized milk and raw seafood can be contaminated if they carry the pathogen. Although HAV in water have been reported, it is unusual in developed countries. The treatment of water in major cities is enough to prevent HAV pathogens from spreading. It is difficult to track these foods because of the little known risk factors and history. In September of 2013, 162 people were infected with Hepatitis A due to the consumption of their products. A company called Townsend Farms imported pomegranates from Turkey, whose seeds were contaminated with HAV. There were 10

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