Diseases

Foodborne Diseases

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

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.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Narrower headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Food-borne Disease
  • Food-borne Diseases
  • Food-borne Illness
  • Food-borne Illnesses
  • Foodborne Disease
  • Foodborne Illness
  • Foodborne Illnesses
  • Disease, Food-borne
  • Disease, Foodborne
  • Food borne Disease
  • Food borne Diseases
  • Food borne Illness
  • Food borne Illnesses
  • Illness, Food-borne
  • Illness, Foodborne
  • Illnesses, Foodborne
  • Food Poisoning
  • Poisoning, Food
  • Food Poisonings

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific food item / pois; note several specific precoordinated food poisoning terms are also available

MeSH Record

History Note

2010 (1963)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. C25.723.415w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Foodborne Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005517. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005517
  2. Foodborne Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodborne_illness
  3. Foodborne Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272002