Multilocus sequence typing of outbreak-associated Listeria monocytogenes isolates to identify epidemic clones

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen found in a wide variety of environments. Subtype characterization of L. monocytogenes isolates from listeriosis outbreaks that have occurred over the last three decades has suggested that a number of outbreaks were caused by a small number of L. monocyt...

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