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Group Foodborne group A Streptococcus is a Gram-positive^1^ positive¹ foodborne pathogen that can cause foodborne disease. A publication by Scallan et al.² in 2011 estimated that 1 11,217 human foodborne listeriosis cases Streptococcus (group A) case, including 0 deaths, occur annually in the US.

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosisgroup A Streptococcus in the US and Canada include:

Bundle laboratory, University of Alberta, Canada 

Collins laboratory, University of Washington, USA

Cunningham labotary, University of Oklahoma, USA

Martin laboratory, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Rosenburg laboratory, Michigan State University, USA

Schlievert laboratory, University of Iowa, USA

Schukken laboratory, Cornell University, USA

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis group A Streptococcus in Europe include:Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis in South and Latin America include:

Graber laboratory, University of Berne, Switzerland

Zadoks laboratory, University of Edinburgh, EU

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosisfoodborne group A Streptococcus in Asia and Australia include:

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University

Suzuki laboratory, Azabu University, Japan

Additional resources on Listeria monocytogenes:
A number of key sources on Clostridium botulinum and botulism are available. foodborne group A Streptococcus:
http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm070584.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus

 References
¹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listeria_monocytogenesGroup_A_streptococcal_infection

 - steve replace with approproiate wikipedia refereces for each pathogen
²Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15  PMID:21192848