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Listeria monocytogenes was first definitively described by Murray et a1. 111 in 1926 in conjunction with an outbreak of disease among laboratory rabbits at Cambridge University. These researchers succeeded in both isolating the organism from the blood of infected rabbits and reinfecting healthy animals, thereby establishing the organism's pathogenicity. They named the organism Bacterium monocytogenes after the mononucleosis-like illness that was observed. The following year, Pirie120 documented a similar outbreak in South Africa involving wild gerbils. This disease, termed "Tiger River Disease," was characterized by marked liver involvement with the causative agent named Listerella hepatolytica in honor of Lord Joseph Lister. Both isolates were soon shown to be identical, and the name was changed to Listerella monocytogenes ...