Listeriosis -- Spain
Three pregnant women have suffered miscarriages, and nearly 200 people have been hospitalised with [listeriosis] as an outbreak of the infection grips Spain's holiday spots.
A nationwide alert has been sent out after _Listeria_, bacteria which can cause a type of food poisoning called listeriosis, were suspected in packaged pork. Listeriosis can cause severe illness, including severe sepsis, meningitis and sometimes results in lifelong harm or even death.
Two of the miscarriages happened
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6652320&promed&0
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