Building a molecular Listeria monocytogenes database to centralize and share PFGE typing data from food, environmental and animal strains throughout Europe

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Félix, Benjamin ^a   Danan, Corinne ^a   Van Walle, Ivo ^b   Lailler, Renaud ^a   Texier, Thomas ^c   Lombard, Bertrand ^a   Brisabois, Anne ^a   Roussel, Sophie ^a  

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

Author keywords

European Union reference laboratory; Food chain; Listeria monocytogenes; PFGE; Surveillance; Typing database

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION REFERENCE LABORATORY; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC DATABASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STANDARDIZATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUROPE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84903461691     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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