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At least 13 killed in US Listeria outbreak

Xinhua, September 28, 2011

• At least 13 people had been killed in Listeria outbreak traced to Colorado cantaloupes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

  Of the 13 deaths, four were in New Mexico, two were in Colorado, two were in Texas, and there was one each in Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

  All of the illnesses started on or after July 31.

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