[Policies and standards applied to municipal day care centers in Rio de Janeiro].

Day care centers were first established in Brazil with the aim of reducing infant mortality rates, however the incidence of foodborne disease transmission has been on the increase. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that each year 1.8 million deaths worldwide occur in children under 5 years of age, which is attributed to the consumption of contaminated food.

Multiplex-PCR serotyping of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from human clinical specimens.

The genus Listeria is composed of six species of which Listeria monocytogenes is considered the single pathogenic species that causes listeriosis in humans. Of the 13 serovars of L. monocytogenes, 1/2a, 1/2b and 4b are responsible for the majority of clinical cases.