AZUZ (voice-over): Ten-second trivia:
Which of these pathogens is an example of bacteria?
Salmonella, influenza, rabies, or smallpox?
Salmonella, the only bacteria of these options, is capable of causing severe food poisoning in people.
AZUZ: There`s been an outbreak of salmonella and clostridium perfringens, another bacterial infection, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At least 37 people have been hospitalized, one person has died from sickness possibly related to this outbreak. In all, around 150 cases of gastrointestinal illness had been reported so far, but health officials expect more to be on the way. The reason: suspected contamination in jambalaya that was served to hundreds of people at a fundraiser last week.
Jambalaya is a Louisiana dish made with chicken, sausages, vegetables, rice, sometimes seafood. Investigators don`t know yet which ingredient or ingredients were contaminated, but both pathogens can be found in raw meat and poultry.
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Salmonella is a bacteria that makes people sick. You can find it in beef, poultry, eggs, fruits, vegetables and processed foods.
SUBTITLE: Preventing salmonella.
COHEN: Salmonella can contaminate foods in the field or sometimes in the processing plant. Sometimes, salmonella can get into food in your own kitchen. For example, if you`re cutting up chicken on one cutting board and you don`t clean it properly and then you cut off vegetables that you`re not going to cook, that`s called cross-contamination.
Salmonella can also live on the bodies of animals like reptiles or chickens. So, if you touch them and you don`t wash your hands, you could get yourself sick.
People usually get sick about 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated food and symptoms include fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.
Each year in the United States, 1.2 million people get sick from salmonella and 450 people die.
To keep yourself from getting sick from salmonella, cook foods thoroughly. Don`t eat raw eggs. Don`t drink unpasteurized milk.
注释：
pathogen--病原体：引起疾病的某一原因，尤指活的微生物有机体，如细菌或病毒 /ˈpæθ.ə.dʒən/
bacteria细菌
Salmonella沙门氏菌/ ,sælmə`nelə /
influenza--|| ‚ɪnflʊ'enzə]流行性感冒
rabies--|| 'reɪbɪːz]狂犬病,
smallpox天花
outbreak爆发,
clostridium perfringen--[klɒs'trɪdɪəm] ['pɜ:frɪndʒenz]产气荚膜杆菌，又名魏氏梭菌，见于几乎所有温血动物的消化道内，属于人和动物肠道内正常菌群的成员。
bacterial--/bækˈtɪə.ri.əl/细菌的
infection传染，感染
Louisiana路易斯安那州
hospitalize/ˈhɒs.pɪ.təl.aɪz/使…住院
gastrointestinal--/ˌgæstrəuɪnˈtestɪnəl /胃肠的
contamination--/kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/污染
jambalaya--/ˌdʒæmbəˈlaɪə/什锦饭：一种用大米和虾和牡蛎、火腿或鸡肉烹制而成并用调味品和香料调味的克里奥尔食品，西班牙大锅饭
fundraiser募捐活动
sausage香肠/ `/ ˈsɔsɪdʒ; /
raw生的
poultry家禽/ˈpəultri /
processed--/ˈprəusest US ˈprɑː-/ 加工过的
processing plant加工厂
cutting board砧板
cross-contamination交叉污染
reptile爬行动物/ `reptɪl / / ˈreptaɪl/
symptom症状
diarrhea痢疾; 腹泻|| ‚daɪə'rɪə]
abdominal cramp腹部绞痛[æbˈdɑ:mɪnl]
unpasteurized美[ʌn'peɪstʃəraɪzd]未经巴氏杀菌的
