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Differences in Listeria monocytogenes contamination of rural Ohio residences with and without livestock.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Jan 2010
Kersting Ann L, Medeiros Lydia C, LeJeune Jeffrey T
Abstract excerpt
To determine the contribution of on-site livestock to the environmental contamination of rural households with Listeria monocytogenes, a total of 1779 environmental and food samples were collected from 26 ruminant-farm households and 26 rural households in Ohio. L. monocytogenes isolates were identified and differentiated using sequence comparisons of the intragenic regions of inlB and inlC. L. monocytogenes was...
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