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MeSH Heading: Foodborne Diseases
Tree Number(s): C25.723.415
Unique ID: D005517
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005517
Annotation: coordinate with specific food item / pois; note several specific precoordinated food poisoning terms are also available
Scope Note: Acute illnesses, usually affecting the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, brought on by consuming contaminated food or beverages. Most of these diseases are infectious, caused by a variety of bacteria, viruses, or parasites that can be foodborne. Sometimes the diseases are caused by harmful toxins from the microbes or other chemicals present in the food. Especially in the latter case, the condition is often called food poisoning.
Entry Term(s): Food Poisoning; Food-borne Disease; Food-borne Diseases; Food-borne Illness; Food-borne Illnesses; Foodborne Disease; Foodborne Illness; Foodborne Illnesses; Poisoning, Food
See Also: Diarrhea; Dietary Exposure; Food Hypersensitivity
Public MeSH Note: 2010; see FOOD POISONING 1963-2009
History Note: 2010 (1963)
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0008693
Scope Note: Acute illnesses, usually affecting the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, brought on by consuming contaminated food or beverages. Most of these diseases are infectious, caused by a variety of bacteria, viruses, or parasites that can be foodborne. Sometimes the diseases are caused by harmful toxins from the microbes or other chemicals present in the food. Especially in the latter case, the condition is often called food poisoning.
Terms: Foodborne Diseases Preferred Term
Term UI T749696
Date04/20/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Foodborne Illnesses
Term UI T749697
Date04/20/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Food-borne Diseases
Term UI T749712
Date04/21/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Food-borne Illnesses
Term UI T749713
Date04/21/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Food-borne Disease
Term UI T001010614
Date03/19/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Food-borne Illness
Term UI T001010612
Date03/19/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Foodborne Illness
Term UI T001010611
Date03/19/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Foodborne Disease
Term UI T001010613
Date03/19/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Foodborne Diseases MeSH Descriptor Data 2025