Medical Journal Club article for October 7, 2008:

Listeriosis is the least of it | Canadian Medical Association Journal -

“In August, Canada experienced the worst epidemic of listeriosis in the world. Contaminated cold cuts from a Toronto meat processing plant have, as of Sept. 12, 2008, killed at least 16 Canadians from among 43 confirmed cases of listeriosis in half the country’s provinces.”

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