The evolution and epidemiology of Listeria monocytogenes in Europe and the United States

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-183

  Lomonaco, Sara ^a   Nucera, Daniele ^a   Filipello, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemic clones; Evolution; Listeria monocytogenes; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; MULTI VIRULENCE LOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PAN GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALIA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940395269     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.08.008     Document Type: Review

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