izinkinga zokulala aziyona into entsha. nakuba zikhona izinkinga eziningi ezingase ziphakame ngesikhathi inqubo thekelisa, abaningi kulezi zindaba usukela emuva eminye engafanele wamisa letfunyelwa. person’s mouth and infection takes place. This may result in three groups of symptoms or signs. Firstly, patients may get flu-like symptoms - headaches, general body pains, sometimes vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach aches. Secondly, patients may get infection of the blood stream. This is called septicaemia and it is deadly. Thirdly, patients can get infection of the brain and the membrane covering the brain and the spinal cord, called meningitis. “Although anyone of us can get Listeria, those who are found highly vulnerable are four groups of people – pregnant women because they don’t have a very strong immunity; newborns in the first 28 days of life because they get it from their mothers; elderly people above the age of 65; people with supressed immunity like people living with HIV and Aids, diabetes, cancer,