Abstract
Human listeriosis outbreaks in Canada have been predominantly caused by serotype 1/2a isolates with highly similar pulsedfield 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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1748-1751 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2012 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Microbiology (medical)