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Listeria monocytogenes is associated with meningoencephalitis, septicemia and abortion in humans (Gray et a11966). Pregnant women, newborns, and immunocompromised individuals are particularly susceptible to infection; however, in some instances, apparently healthy individuals develop clinical disease after ingestion of food contaminated with this pathogen (Schlech et al 1983; Schwartz et al 1989). There have been at least five serious foodborne outbreaks of listeriosis reported in North America and Europe in recent years (Schwartz et al 1989).
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Kleiber, J., Kaletta, C., Hartl, M., Kessler, C., Kirch, P., Majewski, C. (1994). Application of NASBA to the Detection of Listeria Monocytogenes . In: Rolfs, A., Weber-Rolfs, I., Finckh, U. (eds) Methods in DNA Amplification. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2530-1_12
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