Listeriosis -- South Africa
_Listeria_ is an organism that contaminates food and can result in pregnant women going into premature labour or even losing their babies. The Conversation Africa's Health and Medicine Editor Candice Bailey spoke to Kerrigan McCarthy from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases about listeriosis and why it needs attention.
In South Africa, the 1st documented outbreaks of listeriosis were in 1977. Between August 1977 and April 1978, 14 cases were reported in the Johannesburg area.
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