An outbreak of listeriosis in Halifax, Nova Scotia, involving 41 cases and 18 deaths, mostly in pregnant women and neonates, was epidemiologically linked to the consumption of coleslaw containing cabbage that had been contaminated with L. monocytogenes-contaminated sheep manure.
Naquel ano un estalido de listeriose na cidade de Halifax, Nova Escocia na que se produciron 41 casos e 18 mortes, principalmente en mulleres preñadas e neonatos, foi ligada epidemioloxicamente co consumo de ensalada de col que fora fertilizada con esterco de ovella contaminado con L. monocytogenes.