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Low genetic diversity and epidemiological significance of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from wild animals in the far east of Russia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2007
Zaytseva Elena, Ermolaeva Svetlana, Somov Georgy P
Abstract excerpt
The causative agent of listeriosis, a serious disease of humans and animals, Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous bacterium that inhabits both anthropogenic and pristine environments. We report L. monocytogenes isolation from wild animals, humans, food and the environment of a far eastern region of Russia. In total, 654 samples of internal organs of small rodents belonging to the Muridae and Cricetidae...
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