Listeriosis is a serious disease for the most part brought about by eating food tainted with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. An expected 1,600 individuals get listeriosis every year, and around 260 kick the bucket. The disease is probably going to nauseate pregnant ladies and their infants, grown-ups matured 65 or more seasoned, and individuals with debilitated insusceptible frameworks.
Healthy people rarely become ill from listeria infection, but the disease can be fatal to unborn babies, newborns and people with weakened immune systems. Prompt antibiotic treatment can help curb the effects of listeria infection.
Listeria bacteria can survive refrigeration and even freezing. So people who are at higher risk of serious infections should avoid eating the types of food most likely to contain listeria bacteria.
It can happen to anybody, you eat something and it doesn't agree with you. You feel sick to your stomach, and you might come down with diarrhoea. After a couple of days (or less in most cases), the trouble goes away and that's the end of it.
A possible source of the illness: listeria, one of the causes of food poisoning.
It's triggered by listeria bacteria that can live in soil, water, dust, animal poop, and other substances. You can get sick if you eat food that carries it.
Listeria is caused by bacteria that can grow at cold temperatures, like those inside a refrigerator. Even freezing doesn't stop it. When it contaminates food, you can't see, smell, or taste it.
