• Amebiasis
• Ascaris, Roundworms  
• Botulism 
• Brainerd Diarrhea  
• Calicivirus (Norwalk-like viruses)
• Campylobacter 
• Cholera 
• Cryptosporidiosis 
• Cyclospora infection
• Cysticercosis
• E.coli O157:H7  
• Giardiasis
• Hepatitis A  
• Listeriosis 
• Norwalk-like virus  
• Salmonella Enteritidis  
• Salmonellosis 
• Shigellosis 
• Toxoplasmosis 
• Trichinosis 
• Typhoid Fever  
• Vibrio vulnificus   
• Viral gastritis

PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

• Salmonella spp.
• Clostridium botulinum
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Campylobacter jejuni
• Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Vibrio cholerae O1
• Vibrio cholerae non-O1
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus and other vibrios
• Vibrio vulnificus
• Clostridium perfringens
• Bacillus cereus
• Aeromonas hydrophila and other spp.
• Plesiomonas shigelloides
• Shigella spp.
• Miscellaneous enterics
• Streptococcus

Enterovirulent Escherichia coli Group (EEC Group)

• E. Coli - general
• Escherichia coli - enterotoxigenic (ETEC)
• Escherichia coli - enteropathogenic (EPEC)
• Escherichia coli O157:H7 enterohemorrhagic (EHEC)
• Escherichia coli - enteroinvasive (EIEC)

PARASITIC PROTOZOA and WORMS

• Giardia lamblia
• Entamoeba histolytica
• Cryptosporidium parvum
• Cyclospora cayetanensis Updated!
• Anisakis sp. and related worms
• Diphyllobothrium spp.
• Nanophyetus spp.
• Eustrongylides sp.
• Acanthamoeba and other free-living amoebae
• Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura

VIRUSES

• Hepatitis A virus
• Hepatitis E virus
• Rotavirus
• Norwalk virus group
• Other viral agents

NATURAL TOXINS

• Ciguatera poisoning
• Shellfish toxins (PSP, DSP, NSP, ASP)
• Scombroid poisoning
• Tetrodotoxin (Pufferfish)
• Mushroom toxins
• Aflatoxins
• Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
• Phytohaemagglutinin (Red kidney bean poisoning)
• Grayanotoxin (Honey intoxication)

Federal Government Web Sites

• The Bad Bug Book (FDA)
  Brings together information on 40 pathogen toxins from FDA, CDC, FSIS, and NIH.
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC)
• Question & Answer Fact Sheets 
  • Aflatoxins
  • Campylobacter
  • Cholera
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Listeriosis
  • Salmonellosis
  • Vibrio Vulnificus
• Foodborne Disease Fact Sheet (NIAID)
• Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal (CDC)
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease)
• Enhancing State Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases July 1998 (CDC)
• Listeria monocytogenes
• USDA Agricultural Research Service Food Safety Activities

Federal Government/Private Sector Partnership Web Sites

• Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens (Partnership for Food Safety Education)
  (English) (Chinese (Big 5) ) (Chinese (GB) ) (French) (German) (Korean) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8)) (Spanish)
• Organisms That Can Bug You (Partnership for Food Safety Education)
  (English) (Chinese (Big 5) ) (Chinese (GB) ) (French) (German) (Korean) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8)) (Spanish)
• Everyone can Fight BAC! (Partnership for Food Safety Education)
  (English) (Chinese (Big 5) ) (Chinese (GB) ) (French) (German) (Korean) (Russian (1251)) (Russian (KOI-8)) (Spanish)

State & Local Government Web Sites

• About Food Poisoning (Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Virginia)
• Communicable Diseases Investigation (Department of Health, Pennsylvania)
• Epidemiology (Health and Human Services, Nebraska)
• Organisms of Concern (Cooperative Extension Service, North Carolina)
• Quick Facts on Pfiesteria (
• What You Should Know about Pfiesteria and Virginia's Water (Department of Health, Virginia)

APPENDICES

• Infective dose
• Epidemiology summary table
• Factors affecting microbial growth in foods