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The ubiquitous nature of Listeria monocytogenes clones: a large-scale Multilocus Sequence Typing study.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2014
Haase Jana K, Didelot Xavier, Lecuit Marc, Korkeala Hannu, Achtman Mark
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Listeria monocytogenes is ubiquitously prevalent in natural environments and is transmitted via the food chain to animals and humans, in whom it can cause life-threatening diseases. We used Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) of ∼2000 isolates of L. monocytogenes to investigate whether specific associations existed between clonal complexes (CCs) and the environment versus diseased hosts. Most CCs (72%) were not...
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