Volume 19, Number 1—January 2013
CME ACTIVITY
Listeriosis Outbreaks and Associated Food Vehicles, United States, 1998–2008
Emily J. Cartwright, Kelly A. Jackson, Shacara D. Johnson, Lewis M. Graves, Benjamin J. Silk
, and Barbara E. Mahon
, and Barbara E. MahonTable 1
Reported listeriosis outbreaks (n = 24) by year, Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System, United States, 1998–2008*
| Study period, year† |
Multistate |
Duration, d |
Total no. cases‡ |
No. hospitalizations |
No. deaths |
Listeria monocytogenes serotype |
Food vehicle (reference) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early | |||||||
| 1998 | Yes | 389 | 108 | 101 | 14 | 4b | Frankfurters (19) |
| No | NA | 4 | NA | NA | NA | Frankfurters | |
| 1999 | No | NA | 6 | NA | NA | NA | Unknown |
| No | NA | 4 | NA | NA | 1/2a | Frankfurters | |
| No | NA | 5 | 5 | 1 | NA | Deli meat | |
| Yes | NA | 11 | NA | NA | 1/2a | Pâté | |
| No | NA | 2 | 2 | 1 | NA | Deli meat | |
| 2000 | No | 122 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4b | Mexican-style cheese (22) |
| Yes | 151 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 1/2a | Deli meat (14) | |
| 2001 | No | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1/2a | Deli meat (21) |
| 2002 | Yes | 100 | 54 | NA | 8 | 4b | Deli meat (15) |
| 2003 |
No | NA | 3 | NA | NA | 4b | Unknown |
| No |
NA |
12 |
12 |
1 |
4b |
Mexican-style cheese |
|
| Late | |||||||
| 2005 | No | 32 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4b | Unknown |
| No | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1/2b | Grilled chicken | |
| Yes | 37 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1/2a | Deli meat | |
| No | 36 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4b | Mexican-style cheese | |
| 2006 | No | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4b | Unknown |
| No | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1/2b | Taco or nacho salad | |
| No | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4b | Cheese | |
| 2007 | No | 163 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4b | Milk (20) |
| 2008 | No | 47 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1/2a | Tuna salad (23) |
| Yes | 351 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1/2a | Sprouts | |
| Yes | 150 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1/2a | Mexican-style cheese (24) |
*NA, no data available.
†No listeriosis cases were reported in 2004.
‡Includes laboratory-confirmed and epidemiologically linked cases.
