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Death Toll In South Africa’s Listeriosis Hits 172

South Africa’s new president Cyril Ramaphosa holds up his right hand as he is sworn into office after being elected by the Members of Parliament at the Parliament in Cape Town, on February 15, 2018.
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Listeriosis in South Africa has killed 172 people since the start of last year, officials said Thursday, as the country struggles to contain the world’s largest reported outbreak of the disease.

The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) said 915 cases of listeriosis — a disease caused by bacteria typically transferred through contaminated food — had been confirmed since January 1 2017, leading to 172 deaths.

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