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_Clostridium botulinum_ is Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive foodborne pathogen {^}1^ that can cause a severe, but rare foodborne diseaseillness.¹ A publication by Scallan et al.^2^ ² in 2011 estimated that ???? 63,400 human foodborne listeriosis Bacillus cereus cases, including ??? including 0 deaths, occur annually in the US. Steve - fill in the numbers in red for every pathogen

+Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis+ * Bacillus cereus in the US and Canada* +include:+
+ include:

Boor laboratory, Cornell University, USA

Worobo laboratory, Cornell University, USA

Labbe laboratory, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis+ *in Europe* +include:+
Bacillus cereus in Europe include:

Nguyen-The laboratory, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France

Abee laboratory, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Kolstø laboratory, University of Oslo, Norway

Martlbauer laboratory, Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat, Germany

Logan laboratory, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

+Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis+ * Bacillus cereus in South and Latin America*+ include:+
+

Rodriguez de Massaguer laboratory, UNICAMP/FEA, Brazil

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis+ * Bacillus cereus in Asia and Australia*+ include:+
 include:

Hahm laboratory, Chung-Ang Univeristy, Republic of Korea

Oh laboratory, Gyeonggi-do Research Institute of Health and Environment, Republic of Korea

Heinemann laboratory, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Additional resources on Bacillus cereus:+Additional resources on+ _Listeria monocytogenes_+:+
A number of key sources on Clostridium botulinum and botulism sources on foodborne Bacillus cereus are available. 

FDA - http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/foodborneillness/foodborneillnessfoodbornepathogensnaturaltoxins/badbugbook/ucm070492.htm

 References
¹ Wiki Markup&nbsp;+References\+ \^1^\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listeria_monocytogenes\]&nbsp;\\- <span style="color: #ff0000">steve replace with approproiate wikipedia refereces for each pathogen</span> \^2{^}Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15&nbsp; PMID:\[21192848\|http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21192848\]Bacillus_cereus
²Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15  PMID:21192848