Foodborne Illness: Prevention Strategies
hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3620.htm
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Factsheet from Clemson University describes types, symptoms and preventing food borne illnesses.
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Clemson Extension: Foodborne Illnesses: Viruses
hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3720.htm
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Factsheet showing causes, symptoms and treatment of viral infections.
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AMA: Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3629.html
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Publication for health care professionals on the causes and treatments of foodborne illness.
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Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/bacteria/
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Discusses the causes, risk factors, and complications associated with foodborne illness. Reviews treatment options and prevention strategies.
keywords: tests, system, symptoms, patient, management, infections, health, etiology, education, diseases
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Bacterial Food Poisoning
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/poison.html
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Discusses the common bacterial agents and the symptoms and foods associated with each agent.
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The Bad Bug Book
www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
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This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Each chapter focuses on either one bacteria, virus, parasite, or natural toxin, providing basic facts.
keywords: safety, illness
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DBMD - Foodborne Infections
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm
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FAQ discussing the causes and preventions of foodborne diseases.
keywords: resistance, drug, resistant, mycotic, bacterial, antibiotic
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eMedicine - Food Poisoning
www.emedicine.com/med/topic807.htm
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Article by Senthil Nachimuthu, MD.
keywords: infection, vomiting, viral, vibrio, staphylococcus, perfringens, organisms, metal, lamblia, heavy
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FDA/CFSAN - Foodborne Illness
www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/foodborn.html
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Directory of sites with information on various foodborne illnesses.
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Food Poisoning Micro-Organisms
www.ccc.govt.nz/Health/foods3.asp
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Food safety for food workers information source discussing the causes and prevention of foodborne illness.
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Food Safety and Foodborne Illness
www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs237/en/
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Factsheet from the World Health Organization.
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Foodborne Pathogens: Iowa State University Extension
www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/pathogens/index.cfm?parent=37
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Includes causes of illness, incubation period, symptoms, possible contaminants, and steps for prevention.
keywords: common
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FoodNet
www.cdc.gov/foodnet/
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Project consists of active surveillance for foodborne diseases and related epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases in the United States.
keywords: program, infections, illness, emerging
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FoodSafety.gov - Foodborne Pathogens
www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgpath.html
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Directory of links dealing with foodborne illness.
keywords: illnesses, diseases, cdc, bug, book, bad
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How to Help Avoid Foodborne Illness in the Home
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/foodborn/foodborn.htm
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Features prevention strategies and causes.
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MedlinePlus: Food Contamination And Poisoning
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodcontaminationandpoisoning.html
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Features news and factsheets.
keywords: yersinia, contaminationpoisoning, campylobacter
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Food Poisoning
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001652.htm
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Includes symptoms, causes, prevention, complications, tests, and treatment.
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Minnesota Department of Health: Foodborne Illness
www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/foodborne/
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Includes surveillance statistics, outbreaks in the state, symptoms, causes, and prevention.
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Reducing the Risk of Food Poisoning
ohioline.osu.edu/ss-fact/0124.html
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Factsheet from Ohio State University.
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Seafood-Related Illnesses
vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/sea-ill.html
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Collection of factsheets on various causes of seafood borne illnesses.
keywords: toxins, shellfish, safety, poisoning, pathogens, pathogenic, natural, microorganisms, foodborne, fish
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RUSick2 Food Poisoning Forum - Michigan State University
rusick2.msu.edu/
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Compare notes about what you ate before becoming sick.
keywords: illness, vomiting, two, ryousick2, ryousick, rusicktwo, rusicktoo, rusickto, report, related
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Vibrio vulnificus
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibriovulnificus_g.htm
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Can cause disease in those who eat contaminated seafood or have an open wound that is exposed to seawater. Features symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.
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CDC: Healthy Swimming
www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/
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Recommendations for healthy swimming behaviors needed to protect people from recreational water illnesses (RWIs) and will help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place.
keywords: waterborne, swimmer's, lakes, giardia, ear, clean
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EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water
www.epa.gov/safewater/
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Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on maintaining a safe water supply.
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WHO: Foodborne Disease
www.who.int/foodsafety/foodborne_disease/en/
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Includes disease surveillance, publications, and links.
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CDC: Viral Gastroenteritis
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/faq.htm
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Discusses viruses that can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, Norwalk virus, and a group of Noroviruses.
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CDC: Rotavirus
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/rotavirus.htm
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Features organism information, concern about the vaccine, treatment, and prevention.
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibrioparahaemolyticus_g.htm
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Includes cause, associated foods, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of this illness associated with contaminated seafood.
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Foodlink: Food Poisoning
www.foodlink.org.uk/factfile.asp?file=1
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Provides information on the causes of food poisoning.
keywords: safety, processed, nutrition, manufacturing, law, labelling, ingredients, industry, gm, environment
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Marler Clark
www.foodborneillness.com/
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Law firm site with news and information about foodborne illnesses.
keywords: hepatitis, sickness, shigella, salmonella, poisoning, norovirus, listeria, ecoli, e., coli
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DBMD - Brainerd Diarrhea
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/brainerddiarrhea_g.htm
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No cause for this illness has been found yet. Includes source of infection, symptoms, prevention, and outbreaks.
keywords: resistance, drug, diseases, resistant, mycotic, bacterial, antibiotic
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The Unwelcome Dinner Guest: Preventing Food-Borne Illness
www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdunwelc.html
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Factsheet on prevention from the FDA.
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Children's Water Fund
www.childrenswaterfund.org/
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Providing clean, disease-free water systems to families otherwise forced to drink disease-invested water in Africa.
keywords: relief, uganda, saving, save, rwanda, projects, programs, orphans, nicaragua, mexico
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MedlinePlus: Drinking Water
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drinkingwater.html
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Factsheets and news releases about harmful substances and organisms in water.
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eMedicine - Food Poisoning :
www.emedicine.com/ped/topic795.htm
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Article by Sunil K Sood, MD.
keywords: borne, infection, vomiting, treatment, toxin, staphylococcus, parasitic, illness, gastroenteritis, fbd
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eMedicine - Vibrio Infections
www.emedicine.com/med/topic2375.htm
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Article by Hoi Ho, MD.
keywords: vulnificus, species, parahaemolyticus, vibriosis, vibrios, vibrionaceae, nonhalophilic, noncholera, halophilic, family
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WHO: Water-related Disease
www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/en/
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Includes factsheets and issues.
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Foodborne Illness
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Foodborne_Illness
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Directory of factsheets on the most common causes of food poisoning.
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eMedicine Health - Food Poisoning
www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/17289-1.asp
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Articles on the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of several foodborne illneses.
keywords: diarrhea, coli, vomiting, virus, traveler's, scombroid, salmonellae, salmonella, rotavirus, revenge
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Ask NOAH About: Food Poisoning
www.noah-health.org/en/stomach/food/
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Directory of annotated links.
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Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP)
www.safetables.org/
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Organization which works to promote food safety and prevent food borne illness. Supports foodborne illness victims, educates consumers about unsafe food conditions, and works with government on food safety issues.
keywords: coli, vibrio, uremic, ttp, syndrome, shigella, shigatoxin, salmonella, rosenbaum, recall
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Food Safety: Food Poisoning
www.vdacs.virginia.gov/foodsafety/poisoning.html
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Discusses signs, symptoms and prevention of viral, bacterial, and fungal food poisoning. From the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
keywords: consumers
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CDC Health Topic: Foodborne Illnesses
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/food/
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Causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention of foodborne illnesses.
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BBC Health - Food Poisoning
www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/foodpoisoning1.shtml
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Short discussion of the causes, prevention, and treatments.
keywords: upset, stomach, salmonella, listeria, hygeine, gastro, enteritis
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How to Stop Food-Borne Illness Before it Starts
healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1008283853.html
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Provided by HealthLink. Information on food-borne diarrheal disease and safe food handling practices in the home.
keywords: consumer
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Food Standards Agency - Avoiding Food Poisoning
www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthissues/foodpoisoning/
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FAQ on several causes of food poisoning.
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National Restaurant Association : Foodborne Illness
www.restaurant.org/foodsafety/how_to_pathogens.cfm
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A list of some of the most common foodborne illnesses and their symptoms and causes.
keywords: vibrio, staphylococcal, staph, shigellosis, salmonella, poisoning, poison, pathogens, norwalk, listeriosis
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Texas Department of Health: Foodborne Illness
www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/foodborne_illness/
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Fact sheets on several waterborne and foodborne illnesses.
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Food Microbe
www.foodmicrobe.com/
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Providing academic research services to the food industry relating to hygiene, poisoning, and spoilage.
keywords: microbiology, salmonella, sakazakii, o157, koseri, haccp, genetics, environment, enterobacter, cronobacter
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Food Poisoning
www.calpoison.org/public/food.html
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Information on food poisoning, from the California Poison Control System.
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WHO: Foodborne Diseases
www.who.int/topics/foodborne_diseases/en/
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Directory of links and news.
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Food Safety Research Information Office
fsrio.nal.usda.gov/
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Directory of resources covering several diseases and toxins that can cause foodborn illness.
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Foodborne Illness--What Consumers Need to Know
www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Foodborne_Illness_What_Consumers_Need_to_Know/
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Factsheet from the USDA.
keywords: needknow, illness:, safety, report, publication, key, handl, brochure, booklet, backgrounder
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Foodborne Illnesses
www.fightbac.org/content/view/7/8/
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Information about cross-contamination and how bacteria spreads.
keywords: safety, education, safe, fight, separat, preparation, pfse, partnershipfood, handling, fightbac.org
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Foodborne Illness: Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens
www.fightbac.org/content/view/14/21/
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Discusses common causes and symptoms.
keywords: safety, education, safe, fight, bac, separat, preparation, pfse, partnershipfood, information
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Safefood Bug Bible
www.safefood.net.au/AudienceHierarchy/TheBugBible/Default.htm
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Series of factsheets covering the common causes of food poisoning.
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Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
www.nal.usda.gov/foodsafety/
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Information and discussion of the issues, training materials, discussion groups, and links.
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Food Poisoning and Foodborne Illness
www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/consumer/c-foodborne-illness.asp
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An explanation of foodborne illness or food poisoning. What it is, where it comes from, and how to avoid it. NSW Food Authority (government) information for consumers and schools.
keywords: vibrio, salmonella, safety, listeria, health, gid, gastroenteritis, escherichia, enteric, ecoli
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Parasites and Foodborne Illness
www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Parasites_and_Foodborne_Illness/index.asp
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Publication of the US Food Safety and Inspection Service that discusses several foodborne parasites.
keywords: trichinosis, trichinella, toxoplasma, tapeworms, sheet, questionsanswers, questions, qa, q, gondii
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Food Poisoning Prevention
www.foodpoisoningprevention.com
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Consumer information on how to recognize, avoid, and prevent food poisoning hazards at their most common sources.
keywords: treatment, signfood, report, illness, foodborne
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CDC - Division of Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Diseases
www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/
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Focuses on the control and prevention of bacterial, foodborne, mycotic, and diarrheal diseases. Features news, programs, alerts, and information about individual diseases.
keywords: zoonoses, safewater, pulsenet, phlis, pets, outbreaks, narms, mycotics, illness, healthy
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