Although food is reported to be the major route of transmission of the pathogen, previous studies [ 8 – 13 ] indicated that Listeria is capable of surviving conventional wastewater treatment process even after disinfection; thus suggesting that wastewater may be significant in the epidemiology of the pathogen.
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Municipal wastewater effluents as a source of listerial pathogens in the aquatic milieu of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: a concern of public health importance.
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