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Environmental Reservoir and Transmission into the Mammalian Host

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Listeria monocytogenes: Pathogenesis and Host Response

The widespread presence of Listeria monocytogenes in various diverse environments, including those that are natural (i.e., nonagricultural), agricultural, and food-associated, suggests that these environments may serve as sources or reservoirs of L. monocytogenes that can be transmitted to various hosts, including humans. As the vast majority of human listeriosis infections are recognized to occur through consumption of contaminated foods, and as animal listeriosis infections also appear to be predominantly feed-borne, development of effective intervention strategies for reducing the incidence of listeriosis among susceptible human and animal populations requires elucidation of specific routes of L. monocytogenes transmission among different ecosystems and compartments within food and feed production systems. Current knowledge of L. monocytogenes ecology is presented to provide insight into the primary sources that appear to contribute to its introduction into human food-associated environments and foods as well as its transmission among various compartments in food and agricultural production systems.

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Oliver, H.F., Wiedmann, M., Boor, K.J. (2007). Environmental Reservoir and Transmission into the Mammalian Host. In: Goldfine, H., Shen, H. (eds) Listeria monocytogenes: Pathogenesis and Host Response. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49376-3_6

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