Volume 12, Number 9—September 2006
Research
Changing Pattern of Human Listeriosis, England and Wales, 2001–2004
Table 3
Risk perspective for listeriosis in England and Wales, 1967–2004
Years | Cases per year | Percentage |
Outbreaks | Reference | |
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Pregnancy associated | <60 y of age (bacteremia) | ||||
1967–1985 | <75–136 | 33 | 31 (16) | Some clusters (foodborne?) | (4) |
1987–1989 | 237–278 | 40 | – | 50% in 1 outbreak (pâté) | (21) |
1990–2000 | 87–128 | 19 | 67 (49) | Limited clusters | This study |
2001–2004 | 136–237 | 11 | 73 (58) | Largely sporadic, some clusters | This study |
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