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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Risk Factors
- Pregnant women: Pregnant women are about 13 times more likely than the general population to get listeriosis. About one in six (17%) cases of listeriosis occurs during pregnancy.
- Newborn babies: Newborn babies suffer the most serious effects of infection in pregnancy.
- Persons with weakened immune systems from transplants or certain diseases, therapies, or medications.
- Persons with cancer, diabetes, alcoholism, liver or kidney disease.
- Persons with AIDS: They are almost 300 times more likely to get listeriosis than people with normal immune systems.
- Older adults
- Healthy children and adults occasionally get infected with Listeria, but they rarely become seriously ill.