| an epidemiological survey of human listeriosis in france during 1987, using serotyping and phage typing. | during 1987 the french national reference center for listeria received, from this country, 384 listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from human listeriosis cases. a constant exchange of information and strains between the reference center and the bacterial ecology unit of the institute pasteur of paris allowed complete characterization of these isolates, using serotyping and phage typing. among the strains studied 22%, 13% and 63%, respectively belonged to serovars 1/2a, 1/2b, and 4b, but this ... | 1989 | 2517166 |
| [epidemiologic study of human listeriosis in france, 1984]. | to estimate the incidence rate of listeriosis in france during one year, a census of all the isolates of listeria monocytogenes was made in 1984 by the microbiologists of 78% of the french hospitals. 630 cases of listeriosis were registered giving a yearly incidence rate of 11.3 cases for 1 million inhabitants. 353 cases (56%) were perinatal listeriosis (positive cultures for l. monocytogenes from the mother, the child or the placenta). compared with earlier data, listeriosis seems to be more fr ... | 1986 | 3786876 |