title: [Listeriosis--selected aspects of laboratory diagnosis and epidemiology].
abstract: This review presents distribution of human listeriosis in the world including the large food-borne outbreaks in USA and Canada with the rising number of cases especially in Europe. Usefulness of food examination for L. monocytogenes is discussed. Methods for differentiation L. monocytogenes from other Listeria species and other genera are presented.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Bakteriologii Państwowego Zakładu Higieny, Warszawie.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kuklińska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chodorowska
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Listerioza--wybrane zagadnienia laboratoryjnej diagnostyki i epidemiologii.