Based on active surveillance in 10 Food Net sites, the annual incidence of laboratory-confirmed listeriosis in the United States is approximately 0.24 cases per 100,000 people. 0.2 cases per 100,000 people is the U.S. Healthy People 2020external icon target for listeriosis.
- The infection known as listeriosis is brought on by Listeria monocytogenes. Eating foods contaminated with the bacteria causes infection in humans.
- Listeria can infect the bloodstream, spinal cord membranes, brain, and many other areas of the body.
- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 1,600 Americans contract listeriosis year, and approximately 260 of them pass away.
- A total of 1,500 of the roughly 1,600 people who contract the disease each year will be hospitalized, according to the 94% hospitalization rate.
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