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Listeria bacteria cause serious foodborne illness

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Dear Doctors: We had to throw away some sliced turkey from the deli because of a listeria recall. We had used some of it to make sandwiches, but fortunately no one in the family got sick. What is listeria? What happens when someone gets sick from it?

Dear Reader: Listeria is a bacterium that causes a serious foodborne illness known as listeriosis. About 1,600 people get sick from lis…

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