Listeriosis -- South Africa
New information out of South Africa shows that 1053 people have been confirmed with listeria infections in the past 18 months. One in 5 has died in what the World Health Organization has determined to be the largest listeriosis outbreak in recorded history.
Infants in their 1st month of life have been harder hit than any other age group in the outbreak. Of the infants who are 28 days or younger, for whom complete information is available, 91 have died. Overall, at least 212 people have died
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5888338&promed&0
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