Involvement of closely related strains of a new clonal group of Listeria monocytogenes in the 1998-99 and 2002 multistate outbreaks of foodborne listeriosis in the United States

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 292-302

  Kathariou, S ^a   Graves, L ^b   Buchrieser, C ^c   Glaser, P ^c   Siletzky, R M ^a   Swaminathan, B ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT PRODUCTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33749490828     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.3.292     Document Type: Article

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