Authors
Valerie C Cluzet, Jeffrey S Gerber, Joshua Metlay, Irving Nachamkin, Theoklis Zaoutis, Kathleen G Julian, Darren R Linkin, Susan E Coffin, David J Margolis, Judd E Hollander, Warren Bilker, Xiaoyan Han, Rakesh D Mistry, Laurence J Gavin, Pam Tolomeo, Jacqueleen Wise, Mary K Wheeler, Baofeng Hu, Neil O Fishman, David Royer, Ebbing Lautenbach
Publication date
2014/12/1
Journal
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume
1
Issue
suppl_1
Pages
S57-S57
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background. Listeriosis is estimated to be the third leading cause of death from foodborne illness in the United States. Despite intensive efforts, the incidence has not declined since 2001. Solved outbreaks identify food safety gaps. Since September 2013, we used real-time whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of US clinical, food, and environmental Listeria monocytogenes isolates to enhance surveillance.
Methods. Beginning September 1, 2013, CDC, state and local public health laboratories, FDA, and USDA in collaboration with NIH performed WGS on all human isolates received through public health surveillance and available food and environmental isolates of L. monocytogenes, including those detected through routine sampling of ready-to-eat foods. Clusters were detected through PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for foodborne bacterial disease surveillance, using pulsed-field gel …
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VC Cluzet, JS Gerber, J Metlay, I Nachamkin, T Zaoutis… - Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2014