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Associations among Listeria monocytogenes genotypes and distinct clinical manifestations of listeriosis in cattle.
American journal of veterinary research - 1 Apr 2006
Pohl Mary Ann, Wiedmann Martin, Nightingale Kendra K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether specific strains of Listeria monocytogenes, as determined by genetic characteristics and virulence phenotypes, were associated with distinct clinical manifestations of listeriosis in cattle and thus may potentially have tissue specificity. ANIMALS: 32 cattle. PROCEDURE: DNA sequence data for the virulence genes actAand inlAwere used to infer the phylogeny of L. monocytogenes and to...
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