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AB - 1JULY Clive M. Brown and Martin S. Cetron, Section Editors Crossing Borders Unpasteurized Cheese a California [4] and Washington [5], 85 tuberculosis infections were caused by M. Public Health Challenge for cases of multidrug-resistant Salmonella bovis [11]. Hispanic and US–Mexico Newport in Illinois [6], and 63 cases of Brucellosis is a potentially debilitating Binational Communities Salmonella Typhimurium in Southern zoonotic disease caused by the bacteria California (unpublished data, CDC). In all Brucella species [12]. In 1993–1994, an Joseph R, Thornton A, Waterman SH. these outbreaks, >90% of patients identi- outbreak of 500 brucellosis cases in the Mexico has a rich tradition of small- fied were Hispanic. Mexican border states of Baja California scale and homemade cheese production. Listeriosis is a potentially fatal bacteri- and Sonora was linked to consumption of AlthoughcommerciallyproducedMexican- al infection for which pregnant women unpasteurized goat cheese [1]. Consump- style dairy products are widely available, and older adults are at increased risk. tion of contaminated dairy products from consumption of cheese made from unpas- Surveillance data for 2004–2009 showed Mexico is a risk factor for human brucel- teurized milk produced in unregulated set- that the incidence of listeriosis was losis in the United States [12], and 
TI - Crossing Borders: One World, Global Health
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/cid/cit225
DA - 2013-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/crossing-borders-one-world-global-health-XGOW0rBNVV
SP - v
EP - vi
VL - 57
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -