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- Title
Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Associated with Jensen Farms Cantaloupe -- United States, August-September 2011.
- Authors
Cosgrove, Shaun; Cronquist, Alicia; Wright, Gail; Ghosh, Tista; Vogt, Richard; Teitell, Paul; Gelfius, Allen; Spires, Charlotte; Duvernoy, Tracy; Merriweather, Sheila; Freeman, Molly; Griffin, Patricia M.; Jackson, Kelly A.; Joseph, Lavin A.; Mahon, Barbara E.; Neil, Karen; Silk, Benjamin J.; Tarr, Cheryl; Tauxe, Robert; Trees, Eija
- Abstract
This article reports on the outbreak in Colorado of listeriosis, an infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes, a gram-positive bacillus acquired by humans through consumption of contaminated food. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on September 2, 2011 notified the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of seven cases of listeriosis. All seven patients reported eating cantaloupe. The features of the outbreak and the recommendations of the CDC are also discussed.
- Subjects
COLORADO; LISTERIOSIS; LISTERIA monocytogenes; GRAM-positive bacteria; FOOD contamination; MUSKMELON
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2011, Vol 60, Issue 39, p1357
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
Article