Germany investigating 3-year Listeria outbreak

An investigation is ongoing in Germany to find the source of a Listeria outbreak which has sickened 66 people since 2012. Listeriosis patient isolates have shown a new identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern. Almost all isolates (Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a) belong to cases living in southern Germany.

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