Population structure of listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b isolatesfrom sporadic human listeriosis cases in the United States from 2003 to 2008

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3632-3644

  Lee, Sangmi ^a,b   Ward, Todd J ^c   Graves, Lewis M ^d,e   Tarr, Cheryl L ^d   Siletzky, Robin M ^a,e   Kathariou, Sophia ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS;

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; FOOD BORNE DISEASE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LONG-TERM TREND; POPULATION STRUCTURES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

LISTERIA;

CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901339543     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00454-14     Document Type: Article

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