Clostridium botulinum is Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive foodborne pathogen 1 that can cause a severe, but rare foodborne diseaseillness.1 A publication by Scallan et al.2 in 2011 estimated that ???? 63,400 human foodborne listeriosis Bacillus cereus cases, including ??? including 0 deaths, occur annually in the US. Steve - fill in the numbers in red for every pathogen
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis Bacillus cereus in the US and Canada include:
Boor laboratory, Cornell University, USA
Worobo laboratory, Cornell University, USA
Labbe laboratory, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis Bacillus cereus in Europe include:
Nguyen-The laboratory, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
Abee laboratory, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Kolstø laboratory, University of Oslo, Norway
Martlbauer laboratory, Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat, Germany
Logan laboratory, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis Bacillus cereus in South and Latin America include:
Rodriguez de Massaguer laboratory, UNICAMP/FEA, Brazil
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis Bacillus cereus in Asia and Australia include:
Hahm laboratory, Chung-Ang Univeristy, Republic of Korea
Oh laboratory, Gyeonggi-do Research Institute of Health and Environment, Republic of Korea
Heinemann laboratory, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Additional resources on Listeria monocytogenes Bacillus cereus:
A number of key sources on Clostridium botulinum and botulism sources on foodborne Bacillus cereus are available.
References
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listeria_monocytogenesBacillus_cereus - steve replace with approproiate wikipedia refereces for each pathogen
2Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15 PMID:21192848