title: Whole-Genome Sequencing Detection of Ongoing Listeria Contamination at a Restaurant, Rhode Island, USA, 2014.
abstract: In November 2014, the Rhode Island Department of Health investigated a cluster of 3 listeriosis cases. Using whole-genome sequencing to support epidemiologic, laboratory, and environmental investigations, the department identified 1 restaurant as the likely source of the outbreak and also linked the establishment to a listeriosis case that occurred in 2013.
authors.forename: Jonathan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Barkley
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gosciminski
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D005516:Food Microbiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008087:Listeria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012147:Restaurants; D012237:Rhode Island / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: PFGE; WGS; bacteria; bacterial pathogen; contamination source; environmental contamination; environmental investigation; epidemiologic investigation; food processing; food service establishments; foodborne infections; listeria; listeriosis; outbreak; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; whole-genome sequencing