Listeriosis Prevention Knowledge Among Pregnant Women in the USA

Listeriosis Prevention Knowledge Among Pregnant Women in the USA

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Background: Listeriosis is a food-borne disease often associated with ready-to-eat foods. It usually causes mild febrile gastrointestinal illness in immunocompetent persons. In pregnant women, it may cause more severe infection and often crosses the placenta to infect the fetus, resulting in miscarr...

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Main Authors: Folashade Ogunmodede, Jeffery L. Jones, Joni Scheftel, Elizabeth Kirkland, Jay Schulkin, Ruth Lynfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2005-01-01
Series:Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/734814
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spelling doaj-36ff0af10383425ba022685e49305c792020-11-24T23:11:21ZengHindawi LimitedInfectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology1064-74491098-09972005-01-01131111510.1155/2005/734814Listeriosis Prevention Knowledge Among Pregnant Women in the USAFolashade Ogunmodede0Jeffery L. Jones1Joni Scheftel2Elizabeth Kirkland3Jay Schulkin4Ruth Lynfield5Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USADivision of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USADivision of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USADivision of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USADepartment of Research, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC, USADivision of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USABackground: Listeriosis is a food-borne disease often associated with ready-to-eat foods. It usually causes mild febrile gastrointestinal illness in immunocompetent persons. In pregnant women, it may cause more severe infection and often crosses the placenta to infect the fetus, resulting in miscarriage, fetal death or neonatal morbidity. Simple precautions during pregnancy can prevent listeriosis. However, many women are unaware of these precautions and listeriosis education is often omitted from prenatal care.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/734814
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author Folashade Ogunmodede
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Elizabeth Kirkland
Jay Schulkin
Ruth Lynfield
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Jeffery L. Jones
Joni Scheftel
Elizabeth Kirkland
Jay Schulkin
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Listeriosis Prevention Knowledge Among Pregnant Women in the USA
Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Jeffery L. Jones
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Elizabeth Kirkland
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title Listeriosis Prevention Knowledge Among Pregnant Women in the USA
title_short Listeriosis Prevention Knowledge Among Pregnant Women in the USA
title_full Listeriosis Prevention Knowledge Among Pregnant Women in the USA
title_fullStr Listeriosis Prevention Knowledge Among Pregnant Women in the USA
title_full_unstemmed Listeriosis Prevention Knowledge Among Pregnant Women in the USA
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publisher Hindawi Limited
series Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
issn 1064-7449
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publishDate 2005-01-01
description Background: Listeriosis is a food-borne disease often associated with ready-to-eat foods. It usually causes mild febrile gastrointestinal illness in immunocompetent persons. In pregnant women, it may cause more severe infection and often crosses the placenta to infect the fetus, resulting in miscarriage, fetal death or neonatal morbidity. Simple precautions during pregnancy can prevent listeriosis. However, many women are unaware of these precautions and listeriosis education is often omitted from prenatal care.
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