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"Epidemic clones" of Listeria monocytogenes are widespread and ancient clonal groups.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2013
Cantinelli Thomas, Chenal-Francisque Viviane, Diancourt Laure, Frezal Lise, Leclercq Alexandre, Wirth Thierry, Lecuit Marc, Brisse Sylvain
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The food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is genetically heterogeneous. Although some clonal groups have been implicated in multiple outbreaks, there is currently no consensus on how "epidemic clones" should be defined. The objectives of this work were to compare the patterns of sequence diversity on two sets of genes that have been widely used to define L. monocytogenes clonal groups: multilocus sequence...
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