Listeriosis outbreak caused by acid curd cheese Quargel , Austria and Germany 2009.
We report an outbreak of listeriosis in Austria and Germany due to the consumption of Quargel cheese produced by an Austrian manufacturer. At the time of writing this report, the outbreak was known to account for 14 outbreak cases in 2009, including four cases with lethal outcome. On 23 January 2010, the cheese product was voluntarily withdrawn from the market.
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria. rainer.fretz@ages.at
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Sagel
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Ruppitsch
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Pietzka
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Stoger
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Huhulescu
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Heuberger
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Pichler
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Much
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Pfaff
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Stark
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Prager
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Allerberger
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged