Newton L, Hall S M, Pelerin M, McLauchlin J
Commun Dis Rep CDR Rev. 1992 Nov 6;2(12):R142-4.
A total of 130 cases of listeriosis was reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1991. This represents a slight increase on the 1990 total of 118 reports but a marked decline compared with the peak incidence of reporting of 291 in 1988, which was part of an upsurge of cases between 1987 and mid 1989. Two epidemiological features of note in 1991 were the reappearance of a late summer-autumn peak in cases (commonly seen prior to 1987) and an increase in the number of reports among younger patients and children. The decline in listeriosis observed during the second half of 1989, which followed government health warnings about the consumption of pâté, and the continued low level of reporting since 1989 may be due to the disappearance of a common food source. However, in the light of the recent outbreak of listeriosis in France it is important that diagnostic vigilance and warnings about high risk foods are maintained.
1991年，英格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰共报告了130例李斯特菌病病例。这相较于1990年的118例报告总数略有增加，但与1988年报告的291例的峰值发病率相比则显著下降，1988年是1987年至1989年年中病例激增的一部分。1991年值得注意的两个流行病学特征是病例再次出现夏末秋初的高峰（1987年之前常见）以及年轻患者和儿童报告数量的增加。1989年下半年观察到的李斯特菌病发病率下降，这是在政府发布关于食用肉酱的健康警告之后，且自1989年以来报告水平持续较低，可能是由于常见食物来源的消失。然而，鉴于法国最近爆发的李斯特菌病，保持诊断警惕性以及对高风险食品的警告非常重要。
