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<i>Notes from the Field:</i> Outbreak of Listeriosis Likely Associated with Prepackaged Caramel Apples — United States, 2017
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Molecular EpidemiologyPlant PathologyFood Processing FacilitiesCaramel ApplesFood ControlFood MicrobiologyInfection ControlPublic HealthIllness OnsetHealth SciencesFoodborne PathogensFoodborne HazardFood Safety Risk AssessmentClinical MicrobiologyEpidemiologyFood SafetyMicrobial ContaminationFoodborne IllnessListeriosis Likely AssociatedMicrobiologyFoodborne Disease Surveillance
On December 1, 2017, PulseNet, CDCâs molecular subtyping network for foodborne disease surveillance, identified a cluster of three Listeria monocytogenes clinical isolates. Review of reported exposures indicated that all three patients had consumed prepackaged caramel apples purchased from retail establishments in the month preceding illness onset.
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