article_snippet.sent: Tauxe said there may be more people sickened by listeria than the CDC the CDC knows about.
article_snippet.sent: Tauxe said the listeria strains found in Texas are different than those found in Oklahoma.
article_snippet.sent: Listeria: What is Listeria
article_snippet.sent: , how do you get Listeria, and what's the risk?
article_snippet.sent: Listeria can live for years on surfaces such as drains or pipes.
article_snippet.sent: Listeria can lay in a drain for years," Caroline Smith DeWaal said.
article_snippet.sent: To get rid of Listeria they'd have to take the equipment apart and clean the equipment.
article_snippet.sent: It's a big job to control listeria in a plant.
article_snippet.sent: The persistence of listeria inside the factory is what's important to address.
article_snippet.sent: In a separate outbreak in Texas, three patients were infected with listeria between 2011 and 2014.
article_snippet.sent: Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems, the Food and Drug Administration says.
article_snippet.sent: In the United States, an estimated 1,600 people become seriously ill with listeria each year; about 16% of these cases result in death.
article_snippet.sent: Although some people might suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, listeria can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths.