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ArticleScientific reports2016

Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 1 is predominant in ruminant rhombencephalitis.

Margaux Dreyer, Lisandra Aguilar-Bultet, Sebastian Rupp, Claudia Guldimann, Roger Stephan, Alexandra Schock, Arthur Otter, Gertraud Schüpbach, Sylvain Brisse, Marc Lecuit and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Margaux DreyerDivision of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Lisandra Aguilar-BultetGraduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Sebastian RuppDivision of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Claudia GuldimannDivision of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Roger StephanInstitute for Food Safety and Hygiene, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Alexandra SchockDepartment of Pathology, AHVLA Lasswade, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Arthur OtterAHVLA Shrewsbury Kendal Road, Harlscott, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom.
Gertraud SchüpbachVeterinary Public Health Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Sylvain BrisseInstitut Pasteur, Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Paris, France.
Marc LecuitInstitut Pasteur, Biology of Infection Unit, Paris, France.
Joachim FreyInstitute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Anna OevermannDivision of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland.
University of Bern · CHInstitut Pasteur · FRUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Listeria (L.) monocytogenes is an opportunistic pathogen causing life-threatening infections in diverse mammalian species including humans and ruminants. As little is known on the link between strains and clinicopathological phenotypes, we studied potential strain-associated virulence and organ tropism in L. monocytogenes isolates from well-defined ruminant cases of clinical infections and the farm environment. The phylogeny of isolates and their virulence-associated genes were analyzed by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and sequence analysis of virulence-associated genes. Additionally, a panel of representative isolates was subjected to in vitro infection assays. Our data suggest the environmental exposure of ruminants to a broad range of strains and yet the strong association of sequence type (ST) 1 from clonal complex (CC) 1 with rhombencephalitis, suggesting increased neurotropism of ST1 in ruminants, which is possibly related to its hypervirulence. This study emphasizes the importance of considering clonal background of L. monocytogenes isolates in surveillance, epidemiological investigation and disease control.

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AnimalsCattleGoatsInfectious EncephalitisListeria monocytogenesListeriosisMultilocus Sequence TypingPhylogenyRhombencephalonRuminantsSequence Analysis, DNASheepVirulence FactorsVirulence Factors

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