التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Outbreak of Listeriosis in South Africa Associated with Processed Meat. |
| المؤلفون: |
Thomas, J.1 junot@nicd.ac.za, Govender, N.1, McCarthy, K. M.1, Erasmus, L. K.1, Doyle, T. J.1, Allam, M.1, Ismail, A.1, Ramalwa, N.1, Sekwadi, P.1, Ntshoe, G.1, Shonhiwa, A.1, Essel, V.1, Tau, N.1, Smouse, S.1, Ngomane, H. M.1, Disenyeng, B.1, Page, N. A.1, Govender, N. P.1, Duse, A. G.1, Stewart, R.1 |
| المصدر: |
New England Journal of Medicine. 2/13/2020, Vol. 382 Issue 7, p632-463. 12p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*LISTERIOSIS, *LISTERIA monocytogenes, *MEAT contamination, *BOLOGNA sausages, *NUCLEOTIDE sequencing |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
SOUTH Africa |
| مستخلص: |
The article discusses the detection and investigation of an outbreak of listeriosis in South Africa, (2017-2018) and its cause: contaminated polony, or baloney, a low-cost ready-to-eat processed meat produced at a single facility (Facility A) located in Limpopo Province. According to the article, the Listeria monocytogenes ST6 strain was predominantly associated with this outbreak. It mentions whole-genome sequencing and notes that HIV-infected persons represented 44 percent of the 937 cases identified. |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
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