WOMAN LOSES BABY TO LISTERIA

SIOUXLAND---STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY A NORTHWEST IOWA WOMAN IS THE STATE'S FIRST REPORTED CASE OF SOMEONE BECOMING ILL AFTER EATING A CANTALOUPE TAINTED WITH LISTERIA.

STATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR PATRICIA QUINLISK SAYS THE WOMAN WAS PREGNANT AT THE TIME SHE BECAME ILL.

QUINLISK SAYS THE WOMAN HAS SINCE RECOVERED. SHE SAYS MORE ILLNESS MAY BE REPORTED BECAUSE SYMPTOMS CAN TAKE TWO MONTHS TO DEVELOP.    

THE MULTI STATE LISTERIA OUTBREAK WAS TRACED TO A COLORADO FARM.