Listeriosis Outbreaks Associated with Soft Cheeses, United States, 1998–20141
Emerging Infectious Diseases·
- DOI
- 10.3201/eid2406.171051
- PMID
- 29774843
- PMCID
- PMC6004860
- OpenAlex
- W2803038118
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The article is relevant to foodborne disease prevention because it links listeriosis outbreaks with soft cheese production and highlights pasteurization adherence and post-pasteurization sanitation as prevention measures.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The article addresses U.S. listeriosis outbreaks associated with soft cheeses during 1998-2014, with attention to cheese production conditions and implicated cheese types.
Study design
The supplied information indicates an outbreak-focused journal article using reported U.S. listeriosis outbreak data over the period named in the title. The abstract does not provide detailed methods.
Population and setting
The setting is the United States. The abstract specifically notes that outbreaks linked to Latin-style soft cheese often involved pregnant Hispanic women and newborns.
Main findings
The abstract reports an increase since 2006 in U.S. listeriosis outbreaks tied to cheese made in unsanitary conditions. It states that about two-thirds of these outbreaks were associated with Latin-style soft cheese.
Public-health relevance
The article is relevant to foodborne disease prevention because it links listeriosis outbreaks with soft cheese production and highlights pasteurization adherence and post-pasteurization sanitation as prevention measures.
Important limitations
This summary is limited to the supplied single-article abstract and metadata. Decision-grade interpretation would require review of the full paper, including its case definitions, outbreak ascertainment, analytic methods, and supporting data.
GIDS interpretation
The article is discoverable in a GIDS-style context through its links to listeriosis, the United States, and surveillance-related classification. These links provide indexing context only and do not establish any connection to a live surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 7 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.