Subtyping of Listeria monocytogenes isolates recovered from retail ready-to-eat foods, processing plants and listeriosis patients in Sweden 2010

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 186-192

  Lambertz, S Thisted ^a   Ivarsson, S ^b   Lopez Valladares, G ^a   Sidstedt, M ^a   Lindqvist, R ^a,c  

^a National Food Agency   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; PFGE; Typing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMON; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SWEDEN;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84881220574     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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