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Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 07;4(2). doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00200-16.

Genome Sequences for a Cluster of Human Isolates of Listeria monocytogenes Identified in South Africa in 2015.

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Anthony M Smith, Preneshni Naicker, Colleen Bamford, Liliwe Shuping, Kerrigan M McCarthy, Arvinda Sooka, Shannon L Smouse, Nomsa Tau, Karen H Keddy

Affiliations

  1. Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa [email protected].
  2. National Health Laboratory Service (Groote Schuur Hospital), Cape Town, South Africa.
  3. Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  4. Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  5. Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PMID: 27056221 PMCID: PMC4824254 DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00200-16

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenesis a Gram-positive bacterium with a ubiquitous presence in the environment. There is growing concern about the increasing prevalence ofL. monocytogenesassociated with food-borne outbreaks. Here we report genome sequences for a cluster of human isolates ofL. monocytogenesidentified in South Africa in 2015.

Copyright © 2016 Smith et al.

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