Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from a wide variety of ready-to-eat foods and their relationship to clinical strains from listeriosis outbreaks in Chile

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Montero, David ^a   Bodero, Marcia ^b,d   Riveros, Guillermina ^b   Lapierre, Lisette ^c   Gaggero, Aldo ^a   Vidal, Roberto M ^b   Vidal, Maricel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Secretaria Regional Ministerial de Salud Region Metropolitana Gobierno de Chile   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clonal relationship; L. monocytogenes; Outbreaks; PFGE; Ready to eat food

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEESE; CHILE; FOOD; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIPI 1 GENE; LISTERIA GRAYI; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI; LISTERIOSIS; MEAT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; READY TO EAT FOOD; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84931274389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00384     Document Type: Article

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