CDC warns women over listeriosis risk during pregnancyBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday urged pregnant women to maintain good hand hygiene and avoid eating raw food after it reported a case of listeriosis in a newborn, who might have contracted the disease from her mother after she ate contaminated food during the pregnancy. Epidemic Intelligence Center Deputy Director Guo Hung-wei (郭宏偉) said that the nation’s first case of neonatal listeriosis reported this year was an infant born in northern Taiwan late last month with shortness of breath. In rare cases, neonatal listeriosis can occur through vertical transmission of the bacteria from mother to fetus, Lin said. People with a weak immune system should avoid eating raw food, he said. The center urges pregnant women to avoid eating raw food and to maintain good hand hygiene to prevent listeriosis, and if people experience a fever, headache, nausea, vomiting or other symptoms after eating raw food, they should seek medical attention as soon as possible, he said.

Source: Taipei Times September 01, 2020 15:56 UTC