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Genome sequencing of Listeria monocytogenes "Quargel" listeriosis outbreak strains reveals two different strains with distinct in vitro virulence potential.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Rychli Kathrin, Müller Anneliese, Zaiser Andreas, Schoder Dagmar, Allerberger Franz, Wagner Martin, Schmitz-Esser Stephan
Abstract excerpt
A large listeriosis outbreak occurred in Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic in 2009 and 2010. The outbreak was traced back to a traditional Austrian curd cheese called "Quargel" which was contaminated with two distinct serovar 1/2a Listeria monocytogenes strains (QOC1 and QOC2). In this study we sequenced and analysed the genomes of both outbreak strains in order to investigate the extent of genetic...
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