title: Listeriosis outbreak caused by Latin-style fresh cheese, Bizkaia, Spain, August 2012.
abstract: Two cases of laboratory-confirmed listeriosis were detected in Bizkaia, Spain, at the end of August. The epidemiological investigation indicated that these two cases were associated with the consumption of Latin-style fresh cheese made from pasteurised milk in Portugal. Different batches of the same cheese were analysed and confirmed as contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The product was withdrawn from the market and the population was advised not to consume this kind of cheese.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Epidemiologia, Subdireccion de Salud Publica de Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain. epide4bi-san@ej-gv.es
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.forename: Jm
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Escudero
authors.forename: Jl
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muniozguren
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uribarri
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vazquez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002611:Cheese / Q000032:analysis / Q000191:economics / Q000382:microbiology*; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology / Q000592:standards; D005522:Food Services / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D055256:Infectious Disease Incubation Period; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010920:Placenta / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires