ABSTRACT
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................654 The Genus Listeria ......................................................................................................................... 655
Characteristics ........................................................................................................................... 655 Methods for Conrmation/Differentiation of Listeria .............................................................. 656 Biology of Listeria .................................................................................................................... 657 General Ecology of Listeria ...................................................................................................... 659
Disease in Humans ......................................................................................................................... 659 Disease in Animals ......................................................................................................................... 661 Immunity to Listeria ...................................................................................................................... 661 Surveillance of Listeriosis .............................................................................................................. 662 Antigens of Listeria ....................................................................................................................... 662
Conventional Antigens .............................................................................................................. 662 Listeriolysin............................................................................................................................... 662 Protein p60 (cwhA) ...................................................................................................................663 Surface Proteins/Outer Membrane Proteins ..............................................................................663
Diagnosis of Listeriosis ..................................................................................................................663 Isolation of Listeria ...................................................................................................................664
