Novel epidemic clones of Listeria monocytogenes, United States, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-150

  Lomonaco, Sara ^a   Verghese, Bindhu ^b,c   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^d   Tarr, Cheryl ^d   Gladney, Lori ^d   Joseph, Lavin ^d   Katz, Lee ^d   Turnsek, Maryann ^d   Frace, Michael ^d   Chen, Yi ^e   Brown, Eric ^e   Meinersmann, Richard ^f   Berrang, Mark ^f   Knabel, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Accugenix   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POULTRY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

CLONE CELLS; CUCUMIS MELO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871637833     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1901.121167     Document Type: Article

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