<i>Notes from the Field:</i> Outbreak of Listeriosis Likely Associated with Prepackaged Caramel Apples — United States, 2017

Jessica R. Marus, Sally Bidol, Shana M. Altman, Oluwakemi Oni, Nicole Parker-Strobe, Mark Otto, Evelyn Pereira, Annemarie L. Buchholz, Jasmine Huffman, Amanda Conrad,

MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 2019 · 20 citations · 1 references

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On December 1, 2017, PulseNet, CDC’s 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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