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Sequence typing confirms that a predominant Listeria monocytogenes clone caused human listeriosis cases and outbreaks in Canada from 1988 to 2010

  • Stephen J. Knabel
  • , Aleisha Reimer
  • , Bindhu Verghese
  • , Mei Lok
  • , Jennifer Ziegler
  • , Jeffrey Farber
  • , Franco Pagotto
  • , Morag Graham
  • , Celine A. Nadon
  • , Matthew W. Gilmour

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1748-1751
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of clinical microbiology
Volume50
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Microbiology (medical)

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