Listeria Monocytogenes : A Major Public Health Concern
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Listeria monocytogenes (commonly called Listeria) named for Joseph Lister. Listeria monocytogenes, is the bacterium that causes the infection listeriosis. It is a facultative anaerobic bacterium, capable of graving and reproducing inside the host’s cells, and is one of the most virulent food-borne pathogens of clinical infections resulting in death. Listeriosis is the leading cause of death among foodborne bacterial pathogens, with fatality rates exceeding even Salmonella and Clostridium botulinum.
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