by Jonel Aleccia This illustration, of an artistic recreation that was based upon scanning electron microscopic (SEM) imagery, depicts a three-dimensional (3D), computer-generated image of a grouping of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. Credit: Jennifer Oosthuizen/CDC via AP, File A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of...
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What you need to know about listeria
July 26, 2024 by Sonya Goins, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an alert after a listeria outbreak in several states. There have been at least two fatalities, and dozens have become sickened. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic pediatric infectious diseases expert, discusses the...
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Researchers introduce rapid diagnostic test for Listeria
Researchers in the University of Georgia College of Engineering are developing a new way to detect potentially deadly Listeria contamination in food. Listeriosis, an infection caused by eating food contaminated by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, can cause severe illness in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. Listeria is the third leading cause...
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Listeria-based booster improves vaccine’s protection against recurring colon cancer
by Thomas Jefferson University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Colorectal, pancreatic, esophageal and stomach cancers—some of the deadliest kinds of cancer—have high recurrence rates where the cancer comes back even after successful surgery or radiation treatment. To combat these treatment-resistant cancers, Thomas University Jefferson researchers led by Adam Snook, Ph.D., an associate professor of pharmacology and...