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==Overview== | |||
Pregnant women, older adults, people with weakened immune systems, and newborns are at a higher risk for ''[[Listeria]]'' infection than healthy children or adults and are more likely to have serious complications. | |||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
====Pregnant Women==== | |||
About one in seven (14%) cases of Listeria infection occurs during pregnancy. Infection during pregnancy can cause fetal loss ([[miscarriage]] or [[stillbirth]]), [[preterm labor]], and illness or death in newborn infants. Pregnant women are about 10 times more likely than the general population to get Listeria infection. Pregnant Hispanic women are about 24 times more likely than the general population to get ''[[Listeria]]'' infection.<ref name="-2013">{{Cite journal | title = Vital signs: Listeria illnesses, deaths, and outbreaks--United States, 2009-2011. | journal = MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep | volume = 62 | issue = 22 | pages = 448-52 | month = Jun | year = 2013 | doi = | PMID = 23739339 }}</ref> | |||
====Older Adults==== | |||
More than half (58%) of Listeria infections occur among adults 65 and older. Adults 65 years and older are about 4 times more likely than the general population to get ''[[Listeria]]'' infection.<ref name="-2013">{{Cite journal | title = Vital signs: Listeria illnesses, deaths, and outbreaks--United States, 2009-2011. | journal = MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep | volume = 62 | issue = 22 | pages = 448-52 | month = Jun | year = 2013 | doi = | PMID = 23739339 }}</ref> | |||
====People with Weakened Immune Systems==== | |||
Individuals within this group also have a higher risk for Listeria infection due to underlying medical conditions such as cancer and [[immunosuppressant|immunosuppresive therapy]] (i.e., [[steroids]], [[chemotherapy]], [[radiation]]), liver or kidney disease, [[diabetes]], [[alcoholism]], and [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]]. AIDS patients are almost 300 times more likely to get listeriosis than people with normal immune systems. | |||
====Newborn Babies==== | |||
Newborn babies suffer the most serious effects of ''[[Listeria]]'' infection in pregnancy. | |||
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Overview
Pregnant women, older adults, people with weakened immune systems, and newborns are at a higher risk for Listeria infection than healthy children or adults and are more likely to have serious complications.
Risk Factors
Pregnant Women
About one in seven (14%) cases of Listeria infection occurs during pregnancy. Infection during pregnancy can cause fetal loss (miscarriage or stillbirth), preterm labor, and illness or death in newborn infants. Pregnant women are about 10 times more likely than the general population to get Listeria infection. Pregnant Hispanic women are about 24 times more likely than the general population to get Listeria infection.[1]
Older Adults
More than half (58%) of Listeria infections occur among adults 65 and older. Adults 65 years and older are about 4 times more likely than the general population to get Listeria infection.[1]
People with Weakened Immune Systems
Individuals within this group also have a higher risk for Listeria infection due to underlying medical conditions such as cancer and immunosuppresive therapy (i.e., steroids, chemotherapy, radiation), liver or kidney disease, diabetes, alcoholism, and HIV/AIDS. AIDS patients are almost 300 times more likely to get listeriosis than people with normal immune systems.
Newborn Babies
Newborn babies suffer the most serious effects of Listeria infection in pregnancy.