infectious disease affecting all species, caused by Listeria monocytogenes and characterised by either meningoencephalitis (which causes a syndrome of circling, facial paralysis, somnolence, endophthalmitis and head pressing), abortion, or septicaemia in the newborn, a serious disease of animals and humans that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Listeria (L. monocytogenes), that in animals causes severe encephalitis accompanied by disordered movements and is often fatal, that is contracted by humans especially from contaminated food (as processed meats or unpasteurized milk or cheese), that in otherwise healthy people typically takes the form of a mild flulike illness or has no noticeable symptoms, that in neonates, the elderly, and the immunocompromised often causes serious sometimes fatal illness with symptoms including meningitis and sepsis, and that in pregnant women usually causes only mild illness in the mother but often results in miscarriage, stillbirth, or premature birth, Listeria monocytogenes’e tekitatud kariloomade nakkushaigus, mis võib inimest nakatada, põhjustades loote surma, vastsündinu kopsupõletikku ja šokki või vastsündinul ja ka immunosupressioo­niga patsiendil ajukel­mepõletikku, viburbakteri (Listeria monocytogenes) tekitatav inimese ja loomade looduskoldeline nakkushaigus; kulgeb üldnähtude, lihasevalu ja nahalöövetega