WGS in aid to identify source of recent Listeria outbreak
Tuesday 22 Apr 14
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.