Surveillance of listeriosis in Finland during 1995-2004

O Lyytikäinen; U M Nakari; S Lukinmaa; E Kela; N Nguyen Tran Minh; A Siitonen

doi:10.2807/esm.11.06.00630-en

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Surveillance of listeriosis in Finland during 1995-2004
O Lyytikäinen¹ , U M Nakari² , S Lukinmaa² , E Kela¹ , N Nguyen Tran Minh¹ , A Siitonen²
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute (KTL), Helsinki, Finland ² Department of Bacterial and Inflammatory Diseases, Enteric Bacteria Laboratory, National Public Health Institute (KTL), Helsinki, Finland

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Citation style for this article: Lyytikäinen O, Nakari U M, Lukinmaa S, Kela E, Nguyen Tran Minh N, Siitonen A. Surveillance of listeriosis in Finland during 1995-2004. Euro Surveill. 2006;11(6):pii=630. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.11.06.00630-en

Abstract

We analysed the surveillance data from listeriosis cases notified to the Finnish National Infectious Diseases Register between 1995 and 2004 and describe our recent experience in investigating clusters of listeriosis cases. The number of annual cases varied between 18 and 53 but no trends in incidence were identified (average annual incidence was 7 cases per million inhabitants).