Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis — United States, 2000

Since May 2000, 29 illnesses caused by a strain of Listeria monocytogenes (LM) have been identified in 10 states: New York (15 cases); Georgia (three); Connecticut, Ohio, and Michigan (two each); and California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin (one each). Dates of LM isolation ranged fr...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2000-12, Vol.49 (50), p.1129-1130
Main Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Agriculture
Animals
Bacteria
Child
Child, Preschool
Delicatessens
Diabetes
Disease Outbreaks
Diseases
Epidemiology
Female
Food
Food contamination & poisoning
Food Microbiology
Food safety
Foodborne diseases
Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology
Foodborne Diseases - microbiology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infections
Investigations
Listeria monocytogenes - isolation & purification
Listeriosis
Listeriosis - epidemiology
Listeriosis - etiology
Male
Meat
Meat - microbiology
Meats
Middle Aged
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Public health
Turkeys - microbiology
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Since May 2000, 29 illnesses caused by a strain of Listeria monocytogenes (LM) have been identified in 10 states: New York (15 cases); Georgia (three); Connecticut, Ohio, and Michigan (two each); and California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin (one each). Dates of LM isolation ranged from May 17 through November 26 with 26 (90%) infections occurring since July 15. When subtyped, the LM isolates from these cases were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PulseNet pattern numbers GX6A16.0014 by Asc1 and GX6A12.0017 by Apa1) and ribotyping (DUP-1053). This report summarizes the investigation, which linked these cases of listeriosis to eating deli turkey meat.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X