| surveillance of listeriosis in navarre, spain, 1995-2005--epidemiological patterns and characterisation of clinical and food isolates. | we monitored the incidence of human listeriosis in navarre, a region in north of spain between 1995 and 2005, and carried out the characterisation of listeria monocytogenes isolates obtained from clinical samples and ready-to-eat products (sliced cooked meat, smoked salmon and liver pate). the active surveillance requesting hospitals to notify all listeriosis cases (n=40) yielded higher incidence rates (average annual rate 0.65/100,000 inhabitants, range 0.18-1.18/100,000 inhabitants) than expec ... | 2008 | 19081001 |