Listeriosis risk factors

Risk Factors

 * Pregnant women: Pregnant women are about 13 times more likely than the general population to get listeriosis. About one in six (17%) cases of listeriosis occurs during pregnancy.


 * Newborn babies: Newborn babies suffer the most serious effects of infection in pregnancy.


 * Persons with weakened immune systems from transplants or certain diseases, therapies, or medications.


 * Persons with cancer, diabetes, alcoholism, liver or kidney disease.


 * Persons with AIDS: They are almost 300 times more likely to get listeriosis than people with normal immune systems.


 * Older adults


 * Healthy children and adults occasionally get infected with Listeria, but they rarely become seriously ill.

Resources
CDC Listeriosis Risk Factors