title: Novel epidemic clones of Listeria monocytogenes, United States, 2011.
abstract: We identified a novel serotype 1/2a outbreak strain and 2 novel epidemic clones of Listeria monocytogenes while investigating a foodborne outbreak of listeriosis associated with consumption of cantaloupe during 2011 in the United States. Comparative analyses of strains worldwide are essential to identification of novel outbreak strains and epidemic clones.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lomonaco
authors.forename: Bindhu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Verghese
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerner-Smidt
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tarr
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gladney
authors.forename: Lavin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Maryann
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turnsek
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frace
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meinersmann
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berrang
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knabel
mesh_terms: D002999:Clone Cells; D028463:Cucumis melo / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012703:Serotyping; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial