Sequence typing confirms that a predominant Listeria monocytogenes clone caused human listeriosis cases and outbreaks in Canada from 1988 to 2010.
J Clin Microbiol
; 50(5): 1748-51, 2012 May.
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| ID: mdl-22337989
ABSTRACT
Human listeriosis outbreaks in Canada have been predominantly caused by serotype 1/2a isolates with highly similar pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and multi-virulence-locus sequence typing (MVLST) each identified a diverse population of Listeria monocytogenes isolates, and within that, both methods had congruent subtypes that substantiated a predominant clone (clonal complex 8; virulence type 59; proposed epidemic clone 5 [ECV]) that has been causing human illness across Canada for more than 2 decades.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Surtos de Doenças
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Tipagem Molecular
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Listeriose
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Listeria monocytogenes
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Microbiol
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos