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Risk factors for listeriosis in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2011

PAUL BRENT
Affiliation:
Chief Scientist Food Standards Australia New Zealand, 55 Blackall St, Barton ACT 2600, 02 6271 2222 (Email: Paul.brent@foodstandards.gov.au)
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Abstract

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Correspondence
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

To the Editor

I found the paper ‘A national case-control study of risk factors for Listeriosis in Australia’ [Reference Dalton1] most interesting. While at the time of the paper's submission the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Listeria brochure was only in English, FSANZ has since produced a Listeria and pregnancy video that has been translated into Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Khmer (Cambodian) and Maori. We chose video as a medium, rather than written translations, as we considered that Australian women from non-English-speaking backgrounds may not necessarily be literate in their own language. The video and translations are available on our website [2]. We may do more translations in future.

Declaration of Interest

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References

Dalton, CB, et al. A national case-control study of risk factors for listeriosis in Australia. Epidemiology and Infection 2011; 139: 437445.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). Translated material, 2010 (http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/scienceandeducation/translatedmaterial/).Google Scholar