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
  
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  hispanic-pregnant-women-soft-cheese-infographic-508c.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cheese/microbiology Disease Outbreaks Foodborne Diseases/epidemiology Foodborne Diseases/prevention & Control Food Contamination/analysis Hispanic Or Latino Listeria Monocytogenes Listeriosis/epidemiology Listeriosis/prevention & Control Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/prevention & Control

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• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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