Whole Genome Sequencing Based Surveillance of L. monocytogenes for Early Detection and Investigations of Listeriosis Outbreaks

• Main Authors: Ariane Pietzka (Author), Franz Allerberger (Author), Andrea Murer (Author), Anna Lennkh (Author), Anna Stöger (Author), Adriana Cabal Rosel (Author), Steliana Huhulescu (Author), Sabine Maritschnik (Author), Burkhard Springer (Author), Sarah Lepuschitz (Author), Werner Ruppitsch (Author), Daniela Schmid (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In Austria, all laboratories are legally obligated to forward human and food/environmental L. monocytogenes isolates to the National Reference Laboratory/Center (NRL) for Listeria. Two invasive human isolates of L. monocytogenes serotype 1/2a of the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patte...