Sneaky Peaky Food Tech Notes-6🦠🔬

 

In short, knowing about food science helps you understand it a lot better. So, in today's sneaky peek write-up, we will be learning about the different microbes in a single tabular column that helps you understand easily. let's dive in!

Type	How it spreads	Examples of microbes	Diseases
💧Waterborne	Through contaminated water	Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella Typhi, E. coli, Giardia	Cholera, Typhoid, Diarrhea, Giardiasis
🌬️ Airborne	Through air (droplets/aerosols)	Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2, Measles virus	Tuberculosis, Flu, COVID-19, Measles
🍽️ Foodborne	Through contaminated food	Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium botulinum	Food poisoning, Listeriosis, Botulism
🦟 Vector-borne	Through insects/arthropods	Plasmodium, Dengue virus, Borrelia	Malaria, Dengue, Lyme disease
🤝 Contact-borne	Direct or indirect contact	Staphylococcus aureus, Norovirus, Dermatophytes	Skin infections, Gastroenteritis, Ringworm
🩸 Bloodborne	Through infected blood/body fluids	Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus, HIV	Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, AIDS
🐾 Zoonotic	From animals to humans	Rabies virus, Brucella, Leptospira	Rabies, Brucellosis, Leptospirosis

if it still feels difficult to memorize the content, use this acronym 👇

"WAF-CBVZ"

• W = Water
• A = Air
• F = Food
• C = Contact
• B = Blood
• V = Vector
• Z = Zoonotic