BBC News - Colorado cantaloupes kill up to 16 in listeria outbreak

Listeria thrives in low temperatures and outbreaks are rarely associated with fresh produce

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At least 13 deaths and 72 illnesses have been linked to a listeriosis outbreak from fruit in the US state of Colorado, health officials say.

Three more deaths could be related to the contaminated cantaloupe melons.

Eighteen states have reported infections from one of the four strains of listeria involved.

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