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Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases (DFBMD)
Listeriosis
MMWR Articles
Public Health Dispatch: Outbreak of Listeriosis --- Northeastern United States, 2002
Links
HHS and USDA Release Listera Risk Assessment and Listeria Action Plan
Reducing the Risk of Listeria monocytogenes - Joint Response to the President
USDA Directive to Reduce Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products:
Directive PDF-260KB
USDA Listeria Resources (Listeriosis and Pregnancy, Compliance Guides)
References
Gottleib SL, Newbern EC, Griffin PM, et al. Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Turkey Deli Meat and Subsequent Changes in US Regulatory Policy. Clin Infect Dis 2006;42:29-36.
Voetsch AC, Angulo FJ, Jones FJ, Moore MR, Nadon C, McCarthy P, Shiferaw B, Megginson MB, Hurd S, Anderson BJ, Cronquist A, Vugia DJ, Medus C, Segler S, Graves LM, Hoekstra RM, Griffin PM, for the CDC EIP FoodNet Working Group. Reduction in the Incidence of Invasive Listeriosis in Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network Sites, 1996-2003. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:513-20.
Mead PS, Dunne EF, Graves LM, Wiedmann M, Patrick M, Hunter S, Salehi E, Mostashari F, Craig A, Mshar P, Bannerman T, Sauders BD, Hayes P, DeWitt W, Sparling P, Griffin P, Morse D, Slutsker L, Swaminathan B, for the Listeria Outbreak Working Group. Nationwide outbreak of listeriosis due to contaminated meat. Epidemiol Infect 2006;134:744-51.
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.
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.
Swaminathan B, Gerner-Smidt P. The Epidemiology of Human Listeriosis. Microbes Infect. 2007;9(10):1236-43.
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