Multi-virulence-locus sequence typing clarifies epidemiology of recent listeriosis outbreaks in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5291-5294

  Chen, Yi ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Knabel, Stephen J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; LISTERIA; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; LISTERIA;

EID: 26944442017     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5291-5294.2005     Document Type: Article

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