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27% mortality in the world's largest listeriosis outbreak

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27% mortality in the world's largest listeriosis outbreak "clbad =" lazyload img-thumbnail img-right "data-original =" https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/production -oms / data / 35476 / pool_and_spa_master / AdobeStock_195439963.jpg "title =" 27% Mortality in Largest Listeriosis Outbreak in the World "/><p> Between January 1, 2017 and April 24, 2018, 1,053 cases of laboratory-confirmed listeriosis were reported to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa. This is by far the worst documented outbreak of foodborne illness – far more serious than the second largest outbreak of listeriosis, occurring in the United States in 2011, with a total of 147 cases of contaminated cantaloupe .</p><p> And the South African numbers probably underrepresent the severity of the epidemic as it was only made mandatory to report listeriosis cases to SA in December 2017, well after the outbreak was confirmed and rife.</p><p> According to the Minister of Health SA Aaron Motsoaledi started in earnest after doctors from two hospitals alerted the National Institute of Communicable Diseases to an unusually high number of babies with listeriosis in July 2017. L & # 39; Data badysis has since shown that the epidemic began in June 2017 and finally a strain of listeria six, or ST6, was identified as the driving force of the outbreak.</p><p> By the time the government identified a meat processing plant owned by Tiger Brands, the largest packaged food company on the continent, being at the root of the epidemic, the disease had been raging for 14 months and more than 900 people had already been declared infected.</p><p> Such an important epidemic, a delay between the confirmation of an epidemic is ongoing and the identification of the source is unusual. Peter Ben Embarek, a scientist from the World Health Organization, says the outbreaks of <em> Listeria </em> usually produce only a handful of cases because the source is usually identified very quickly.</p><p> Explanation of the lag before the source of Listeria <em> </em> was identified, the Ministry of Health SA said that the source was found after preschool children became ill by eating products of Polynesia traced to processed meat producers. "We had long suspected that [Listeria</em> can be found in these products."</p><p> "It's not that we are incompetent," said government communications director, Popo Maja. "Maja said when asked why it had taken more than a year to find the cause of Listeria <em> </em>.</p><p> While <em> Listeria </em> World, a study published in 2014 showed that they cause fewer cases of disease than other pathogens of food origin as <em> Salmonella </em> .However, the real danger lies in the case fatality rate invasive listeriosis, which is huge by 20 to 30%, according to the WHO.</p><p> In the outbreak of SA, 785 people infected, including 212 people, have the disease. (27% ) were dead, including 91 babies less than one month old, most of whom involved those at greatest risk of serious illness, such as newborns, pregnant women, the elderly and the immunocompromised. In this outbreak, 42% of cases were neonates infected during pregnancy or delivery. 9659002] <h9> <em> Image Credit: © stock.adobe.com / au / jarun011 </em></h9></p><p><div class=

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