Sunday, 25 March 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Listeriosis - EU: fatal, ST6, frozen corn, 2015-18, recall

Listeriosis -- Worldwide/Unknown
Conclusion
----------
An outbreak of invasive _Listeria monocytogenes_ (_L. monocytogenes_) infections defined by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and probably linked to frozen corn has been ongoing in five European Union member states (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom) since 2015. As of 8 March 2018, 32 cases have been reported and 6 patients have died due to or with the infection.
WGS analysis of 6 non-human _L. monocytogenes_ isolates detected from 2016 to January

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5708506&promed&0

No comments:

Post a Comment