Listeriosis

MMWR Articles Public Health Dispatch: Outbreak of Listeriosis --- Northeastern United States, 2002 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5142a3.htm Outbreak of Listeriosis Associated With Homemade Mexican-Style Cheese --- North Carolina, October 2000--January 2001 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5026a3.htm Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Foodborne Illnesses --- Selected Sites, United States, 2001 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5115a3.htm Links Press Release: Multistate listeriosis outbreak, 2002 http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r021121.htm USDA Directive to Reduce Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FSISDirectives/10240.3.pdf (directive) http://www.usda.gov/news/releases/2002/11/0478.htm (news release) HHS and USDA Release Listera Risk Assessment and Listeria Action Plan Reducing the Risk of Listeria monocytogenes - Joint Response to the President Draft Assessment of the Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods Listeriosis and Pregnancy: What is your risk? http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/lm_tearsheet.pdf (pdf) http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/lm_tearsheet.htm (html) What You Can Do To Keep Germs From Harming You and Your Baby http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/gbs/pregnancyinfections.pdf References Slutsker L, Schuchat A. Listeriosis in humans. in: Ryser ET and Marth EH, eds. Listeria, Listeriosis, and Food Safety, Second Edition. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. Little, Brown and Company; 1999:75-95. Tappero J, Schuchat A, Deaver K, Mascola L, Wenger J, for the Listeriosis Study Group. Reduction in the incidence of human listeriosis in the United States: Effectiveness of prevention efforts? JAMA 1995; 273(14):1118-1122. Mead P, Slutsker L, Dietz V, McCaig L, Bresee J, Shapiro C, Griffin P, Tauxe R. Food-Related Illness and Death in the United States. Emerg Infect Dis 1998; 5(5):607-625. (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no5/mead.htm)

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