Salmonella food poisoning
Salmonella bacteria can be swallowed in contaminated food. The bacteria and their toxins can cause fever, stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea. Poor food hygiene helps them spread.
A toxin is a poison made by a pathogen.
Biology Paper 1 · B3 · Lesson 3.3
Salmonella and gonorrhoea: symptoms, spread and control.
Salmonella bacteria can be swallowed in contaminated food. The bacteria and their toxins can cause fever, stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea. Poor food hygiene helps them spread.
A toxin is a poison made by a pathogen.
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Rose leaf: LiquidGhoul / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Mosquito: CDC / Jim Gathany, PHIL 5814, public domain. This photograph shows a vector species; it does not establish that this individual carries malaria.