Sentinel Listeriosis Surveillance in Selected Hospitals, China, 2013–2017

Abstract

During 2013–2017, a total of 211 cases of listeriosis were reported by 64 sentinel hospitals in China to a national foodborne disease surveillance network. The average case-fatality rate was 31.2% for perinatal cases and 16.4% for nonperinatal cases. Sequence types 87 and 8 were the most prevalent types.

Keywords

• listeriosis
• surveillance
• food safety
• China
• foodborne diseases
• bacterial infections