Listeria check in lab

WGS in aid to identify source of recent Listeria outbreak

Tuesday 22 Apr 14
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Contact

Marc Allard
Research Microbiologist

Food and Drug Administration Office of Regulatory Science Division of Microbiology
marc.allard@fda.hhs.gov


Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) is listed as a contributing factor to making a link between food and clinical Listeria monocytogenes isolates during a recent multistate outbreak in USA.
https://www.globalmicrobialidentifier.org/news-and-events/nyheder/2014/04/whole-genome-sequencing-wgs-
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