Three people have died in Sweden as part of a Listeria outbreak that may have been caused by smoked fish.
Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public Health Agency of Sweden) said deaths of three of the older patients were connected to their Listeria infections but it is not clear if they died with or because of listeriosis.
From the end of May to the beginning of July, 10 people contracted Listeria infections caused by the same type of the bacteria. Another four people fell ill in late 2022 from this strain.
Patients are 10 men and four women aged 63 to 93 years old. They live in eight different regions in the country.
Based on information from a questionnaire given to patients about foods they ate before becoming sick, many reported eating gravad or cold-smoked salmon but the exact product that caused the outbreak is not yet clear.
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