Check the cheese, avoid Listeria

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Soft cheeses sometimes carry Listeria (a rare but deadly germ). ; • Listeria infection in pregnant women can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, or death of the newborn. ; • Pregnant Hispanic women are about 24 times more likely than the general population to get a Listeria infection. ; Reduce your risk of infection during pregnancy to protect your baby: ; • Only buy soft cheeses with the word “pasteurized” on the label. ; • Avoid soft cheeses made with unpasteurized milk. ; • Be aware that soft cheeses made in unclean places have caused Listeria infections. ; Types of Hispanic-style soft cheeses include queso fresco, queso blanco, queso blando, queso cotija, queso panela, queso ranchero, and cuajada en terrón. ; CS259764-A ; Publication date from document properties. ; hispanic-pregnant-women-soft-cheese-infographic-508c.pdf
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• Subjects:
  • Cheese/microbiology
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Food Contamination/analysis
  • Foodborne Diseases/epidemiology
  • Foodborne Diseases/prevention & control
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Listeriosis/epidemiology
  • Listeriosis/prevention & control
  • Pregnancy
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• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37331/cdc_37331_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.00 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fbcfcae217dcb1dc732687bff5d6a2bd713a31b45b225de4da0ae4d94d8db74a