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Invasive listeriosis in Finland: surveillance and cluster investigations, 2011–2021

Foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes may cause serious, life-threatening disease in susceptible persons. We combined data from Finnish national listeriosis surveillance, patient interview responses, and laboratory data of patient samples and compared them to listeria findings from food and food...

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Autores principales: Suominen, Kristiina, Jaakola, Sari, Salmenlinna, Saara, Simola, Maria, Wallgren, Suvi, Hakkinen, Marjaana, Suokorpi, Annika, Rimhanen-Finne, Ruska
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10468812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37424309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823001073
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author Suominen, Kristiina
Jaakola, Sari
Salmenlinna, Saara
Simola, Maria
Wallgren, Suvi
Hakkinen, Marjaana
Suokorpi, Annika
Rimhanen-Finne, Ruska
author_facet Suominen, Kristiina
Jaakola, Sari
Salmenlinna, Saara
Simola, Maria
Wallgren, Suvi
Hakkinen, Marjaana
Suokorpi, Annika
Rimhanen-Finne, Ruska
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description Foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes may cause serious, life-threatening disease in susceptible persons. We combined data from Finnish national listeriosis surveillance, patient interview responses, and laboratory data of patient samples and compared them to listeria findings from food and food production plants collected as part of outbreak investigations during 2011–2021. The incidence of invasive listeriosis in Finland (1.3/100000 in 2021) is higher than the EU average (0.5/100000 in 2021), and most cases are observed in the elderly with a predisposing condition. Many cases reported consuming high-risk foods as well as improper food storage. Since ongoing patient interviews and whole genome sequencing were introduced, several listeriosis outbreaks were detected and food sources identified. Recommendations about high-risk foods for listeriosis and proper food storage should be better communicated to susceptible people. In Finland, patient interviews and typing and comparing listeria isolates in foods and patient samples are crucial in solving outbreaks and determining measures to control invasive listeriosis.
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spelling pubmed-104688122023-09-01 Invasive listeriosis in Finland: surveillance and cluster investigations, 2011–2021 Suominen, Kristiina Jaakola, Sari Salmenlinna, Saara Simola, Maria Wallgren, Suvi Hakkinen, Marjaana Suokorpi, Annika Rimhanen-Finne, Ruska Epidemiol Infect Original Paper Foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes may cause serious, life-threatening disease in susceptible persons. We combined data from Finnish national listeriosis surveillance, patient interview responses, and laboratory data of patient samples and compared them to listeria findings from food and food production plants collected as part of outbreak investigations during 2011–2021. The incidence of invasive listeriosis in Finland (1.3/100000 in 2021) is higher than the EU average (0.5/100000 in 2021), and most cases are observed in the elderly with a predisposing condition. Many cases reported consuming high-risk foods as well as improper food storage. Since ongoing patient interviews and whole genome sequencing were introduced, several listeriosis outbreaks were detected and food sources identified. Recommendations about high-risk foods for listeriosis and proper food storage should be better communicated to susceptible people. In Finland, patient interviews and typing and comparing listeria isolates in foods and patient samples are crucial in solving outbreaks and determining measures to control invasive listeriosis. Cambridge University Press 2023-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10468812/ /pubmed/37424309 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823001073 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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Suominen, Kristiina
Jaakola, Sari
Salmenlinna, Saara
Simola, Maria
Wallgren, Suvi
Hakkinen, Marjaana
Suokorpi, Annika
Rimhanen-Finne, Ruska
Invasive listeriosis in Finland: surveillance and cluster investigations, 2011–2021
title Invasive listeriosis in Finland: surveillance and cluster investigations, 2011–2021
title_full Invasive listeriosis in Finland: surveillance and cluster investigations, 2011–2021
title_fullStr Invasive listeriosis in Finland: surveillance and cluster investigations, 2011–2021
title_full_unstemmed Invasive listeriosis in Finland: surveillance and cluster investigations, 2011–2021
title_short Invasive listeriosis in Finland: surveillance and cluster investigations, 2011–2021
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10468812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37424309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823001073
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