<i>Listeria monocytogenes</i>Isolates from Foods and Humans Form Distinct but Overlapping Populations
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- Michael J. Gray
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Ruth N. Zadoks
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Esther D. Fortes
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Belgin Dogan
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Steven Cai
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Yuhuan Chen
- National Food Processors Association, Washington, D.C.
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- Virginia N. Scott
- National Food Processors Association, Washington, D.C.
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- David E. Gombas
- National Food Processors Association, Washington, D.C.
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- Kathryn J. Boor
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Martin Wiedmann
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>A total of 502<jats:italic>Listeria monocytogenes</jats:italic>isolates from food and 492 from humans were subtyped by EcoRI ribotyping and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the virulence gene<jats:italic>hly</jats:italic>. Isolates were further classified into genetic lineages based on subtyping results. Food isolates were obtained through a survey of selected ready-to-eat food products in Maryland and California in 2000 and 2001. Human isolates comprised 42 isolates from invasive listeriosis cases reported in Maryland and California during 2000 and 2001 as well as an additional 450 isolates from cases that had occurred throughout the United States, predominantly from 1997 to 2001. Assignment of isolates to lineages and to the majority of<jats:italic>L. monocytogenes</jats:italic>subtypes was significantly associated with the isolate source (food or human), although most subtypes and lineages included both human and food isolates. Some subtypes were also significantly associated with isolation from specific food types. Tissue culture plaque assay characterization of the 42 human isolates from Maryland and California and of 91 representative food isolates revealed significantly higher average infectivity and cell-to-cell spread for the human isolates, further supporting the hypothesis that food and human isolates form distinct populations. Combined analysis of subtype and cytopathogenicity data showed that strains classified into specific ribotypes previously linked to multiple human listeriosis outbreaks, as well as those classified into lineage I, are more common among human cases and generate larger plaques than other subtypes, suggesting that these subtypes may represent particularly virulent clonal groups. These data will provide a framework for prediction of the public health risk associated with specific<jats:italic>L. monocytogenes</jats:italic>subtypes.</jats:p>
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- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
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Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70 (10), 5833-5841, 2004-10
American Society for Microbiology
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- CRID
- 1362825895392445824
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- NII論文ID
- 30020949017
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- ISSN
- 10985336
- 00992240
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