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Listeriosis
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Victorian statutory requirement
Listeriosis (Group B disease) must be notified in writing within five days of diagnosis.
Laboratories are required to notify Listeria monocytogenes isolated from food or water.
Infectious agent
L. monocytogenes is a gram-positive bacterium belonging to the genus Listeria. Of t
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