Outbreak of Listeriosis in South Africa Associated with Processed Meat.

Juno ThomasNevashan GovenderKerrigan M McCarthyLinda K ErasmusTimothy J DoyleMushal Allam Arshad IsmailNtsieni RamalwaPhuti SekwadiGenevie NtshoeAndronica ShonhiwaVivien EsselNomsa TauShannon SmouseHlengiwe M NgomaneBolele DisenyengNicola A PageNelesh P GovenderAdriano G DuseRob StewartTeena ThomasDeon MahoneyMathieu TourdjmanOlivier DissonPierre ThouvenotMylène M MauryAlexandre Leclercq Marc LecuitAnthony M SmithLucille H Blumberg

Published in: The New England journal of medicine (2020)

This investigation showed that in a middle-income country with a high prevalence of HIV infection, L. monocytogenes caused disproportionate illness among pregnant girls and women and HIV-infected persons. Whole-genome sequencing facilitated the detection of the outbreak and guided the trace-back investigations that led to the identification of the source.

Keyphrases

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polycystic ovary syndrome
pregnant women
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mental health
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pregnancy outcomes
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hepatitis c virus
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