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Diversity of Listeria monocytogenes within a U.S. dairy herd, 2004-2010.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Oct 2015
Haley Bradd J, Sonnier Jakeitha, Schukken Ynte H, Karns Jeffrey S, Van Kessel Jo Ann S
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Listeria monocytogenes, the causative agent of listeriosis, is frequently isolated from the environment. Dairy cows and dairy farm environments are reservoirs of this pathogen, where fecal shedding contributes to its environmental dispersal and contamination of milk, dairy products, and meat. The molecular diversity of 40 L. monocytogenes isolates representing 3 serogroups (1/2a, 1/2b, and 4b) collected between...
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