title: Listeriosis in the far South of Brazil: neglected infection?
abstract: Listeriosis is an under-diagnosed and under-reported infection; however, listeriosis is not a compulsorily notifiable disease in Brazil. We provide an overview of the rates of listeriosis in the United States of America (USA), Europe, Latin America, and Brazil during the past decade. We also report a case of miscarriage caused by listeriosis in which there was no suspicion of this infection. This overview and the case we report serve as reminders of the often-neglected threat of listeriosis and its potential to cause miscarriage while highlighting the necessity of recognizing listeriosis as a compulsorily notifiable disease in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Genética de Microrganismos, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil. dulceblum@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Dulcinéa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blum-Menezes
authors.forename: Ivânia
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Deliberalli
authors.forename: Najara Carneiro
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Bittencourt
authors.forename: Carlus Augustu Tavares do
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Couto
authors.forename: Liana Nunes
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Alessandro Marques dos
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Gabriel Godinho
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D000031:Abortion, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult