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In late December 2018, an outbreak of listeriosis occurred after a group of 32 individuals celebrated in a tavern in Styria, Austria; traditional Austrian food (e.g. meat, meat products and cheese) was served. After the celebration, 11 individuals developed gastrointestinal symptoms, including one case with severe sepsis. Cases had consumed mixed platters with several meat products and pâtés originating from a local production facility (company X). Human, food and environmental samples taken from the tavern and company X were tested for Whole genome sequence-based typing detected a novel strain of serotype IVb, sequence type 4 and CT7652 in 15 samples; 12 human, two food and one environmental sample from company X with an allelic difference of 0 to 1. Active case finding identified two further cases who had not visited the tavern but tested positive for the outbreak strain. In total, 13 cases (seven females and six males; age range: 4–84 years) were identified. Liver pâté produced by company X was identified as the likely source of the outbreak. Control measures were implemented and since the end of December 2018, no more cases were detected.

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Listeriosis outbreak likely due to contaminated liver pâté consumed in a tavern, Austria, December 2018
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Adriana+Cabal&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cabal Adriana</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Franz+Allerberger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Allerberger Franz</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Steliana+Huhulescu&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Huhulescu Steliana</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christian+Kornschober&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kornschober Christian</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Burkhard+Springer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Springer Burkhard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Claudia+Schlagenhaufen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schlagenhaufen Claudia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marianne+Wassermann-Neuhold&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wassermann-Neuhold Marianne</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Harald+F%C3%B6tschl&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fötschl Harald</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Peter+Pless&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pless Peter</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Robert+Krause&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Krause Robert</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anna+Lennkh&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lennkh Anna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Andrea+Murer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Murer Andrea</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Werner+Ruppitsch&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ruppitsch Werner</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ariane+Pietzka&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pietzka Ariane</a></span>. Listeriosis outbreak likely due to contaminated liver pâté consumed in a tavern, Austria, December 2018. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(39):pii=1900274. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.39.1900274" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.39.1900274</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 03 May 2019;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 11 Jul 2019 </span> </p>
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