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Performance of the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant for Removal of Listeria Monocytogenes



Navidjouy N1 ; Jalali M2 ; Movahedian Attar H2 ; Aghili H2
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  1. 1. Department of Environmental Health, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
  2. 2. Environment Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Isfahan, Iran

Source: Wastewater and Public Health: Bacterial and Pharmaceutical Exposures Published:2015

Abstract

Listeriosis is essentially a foodborne disease caused by L. monocytogenes and to some extent L. ivanovii. The disease condition vary from that affect immunocompromised patients to febrile gastroenteritis and prenatal infections associated with fetal loss or abortion in humans and animals. [1] Although rare, the disease reported to have very high mortality rare (20-50%), thus making it of serious public health concern.[2] © 2016 by Apple Academic Press, Inc.