APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dysentery is transmitted through the ingestion of food or water that has been contaminated by the feces of a human carrier of the infective organism. The transmission is often by infected individuals who handle food with unwashed hands.

Detailed explanation-2: -People become infected with Shigella by: Eating food or drinking liquids contaminated by an infected person. Touching contaminated surfaces or objects and then touching their mouth or putting a contaminated object into their mouth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bacillary and amoebic dysentery are both highly infectious and can be passed on if the poo (faeces) of an infected person gets into another person’s mouth. This can happen if someone with the infection does not wash their hands after going to the toilet and then touches food, surfaces or another person.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bottom line. Food poisoning-by strict definition-is an illness caused by food contamination. By this definition, it’s not contagious. But any illness that starts with a virus or bacteria and causes vomiting and diarrhea has the potential to spread from person to person.