Large Multicountry Outbreak of Invasive Listeriosis by a Listeria monocytogenes ST394 Clone Linked to Smoked Rainbow Trout, 2020 to 2021

ABSTRACT Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has revolutionized surveillance of infectious diseases. Disease outbreaks can now be detected with high precision, and correct attribution of infection sources has been improved. Listeriosis, caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, is a foodborne diseas...

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Main Authors: Sven Halbedel, Ida Sperle, Raskit Lachmann, Sylvia Kleta, Martin A. Fischer, Sabrina Wamp, Alexandra Holzer, Stefanie Lüth, Larissa Murr, Christin Freitag, Laura Espenhain, Roger Stephan, Ariane Pietzka, Susanne Schjørring, Guido Bloemberg, Mareike Wenning, Sascha Al Dahouk, Hendrik Wilking, Antje Flieger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03520-22