Whole genome sequencing as a tool to investigate a cluster of seven cases of listeriosis in Austria and Germany, 2011-2013

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 431-436

  Schmid, D ^a   Allerberger, F ^a   Huhulescu, S ^a   Pietzka, A ^a   Amar, C ^b   Kleta, S ^c   Prager, R ^d   Preussel K ^d   Aichinger, E ^e   Mellmann, A ^f  

^a German Austrian Binational Listeria Advisory Laboratory   (Austria)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e State Health Office Baden Wuerttemberg   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foodborne infections; Listeria; Listeriosis; Outbreaks; Typing; Whole genome sequencing; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEESE; CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; SEROTYPE; SOFTWARE; VERY ELDERLY;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHEESE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MEAT PRODUCTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEROGROUP; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84901610271     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12638     Document Type: Article

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