Friday, 4 May 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Listeriosis - South Africa (12): fatal, ST6, WHO update

Listeriosis -- South Africa
In South Africa, the current outbreak of listeriosis, a serious foodborne disease, that has affected the country since early 2017 is showing a downward trend after the food source was identified in early March 2018 (see previous DON), but additional cases are expected. Between 1 Jan 2017 through 24 Apr 2018, 1024 laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases have been reported to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) from all provinces. The majority of cases have come from 3

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5782882&promed&0

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