Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive foodborne pathogen1 that causes a severe, but rare foodborne disease. A publication by Scallan et al.2 in 2011 estimated that 1,591 human foodborne listeriosis cases, including 255 deaths, occur annually in the US.
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis in the US and Canada include:
Boor laboratory, Cornell University, USA
Wiedmann laboratory,Cornell University, USA
Nightingale laboratory, Texas Tech University, USA
Sofos laboratory, Colorado State University, USA
Oliver laboratory, Purdue University, USA
Buhnia laboratory, Purdue University, USA
Ryser laboratory, Michigan State University, USA
Zhang laboratory, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Kathariou laboratory, North Carolina State University, USA
Griffiths laboratory, University of Guelph, Canada
Yousef laboratory, The Ohio State University, USA
Wang laboratory, The Ohio State University, USA
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis in Europe include:
Wagner Laboratory, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Korkeala Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Finland
Hill laboratory, University of Cork, Ireland
Teixeira laboratory, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis in South and Latin America include:
Gerardo González Rocha laboratory, University of Concepcion, Chile
Maria Teresa Destro laboratory, Brazil
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis in Asia and Australia include:
Weihuan Fang laboratory, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Additional resources on Listeria monocytogenes:
A number of key sources on Listeria monocytogenes and listeriosis are available. For a comprehensive overview on Listeria and listeriosis, one can turn to the book "Listeria, listeriosis and food safety", which was published in its latest updated version in 2007.3 For consumer advise on how to reduce the risk of listeriosis infections, a number of WWW pages are available from the US CDC, including a factsheet on "Listeriosis (Listeria) and Pregnancy", a "Frequently Asked Questions page on Listeria", and a page with general and technical information on listeriosis.
References
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listeria_monocytogenes
2Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15 PMID:21192848
3Listeria, Listeriosis, and Food Safety (2007, Third Edition), Editors: Elliot T. Ryser, and Elmer H. Marth, CRC Press
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