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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2018

An outbreak of listeriosis linked to turkey meat products in the Czech Republic, 2012-2016.

T Gelbíčová, M Zobaníková, Z Tomáštíková, I Van Walle, W Ruppitsch, R Karpíšková

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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6 authors.

T GelbíčováDepartment of Bacteriology,Veterinary Research Institute,Hudcova 70,621 00 Brno,Czech Republic.
M ZobaníkováDepartment of Bacteriology,Veterinary Research Institute,Hudcova 70,621 00 Brno,Czech Republic.
Z TomáštíkováDepartment of Bacteriology,Veterinary Research Institute,Hudcova 70,621 00 Brno,Czech Republic.
I Van WalleEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC),Gustav III:s Boulevard 40,16973 Solna,Sweden.
W RuppitschAustrian Agency for Health and Food Safety,Währingerstrasse 25a,1090 Vienna,Austria.
R KarpíškováDepartment of Bacteriology,Veterinary Research Institute,Hudcova 70,621 00 Brno,Czech Republic.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since 2012-2016 an increased number of listeriosis cases, especially from one region of the Czech Republic, were observed. Most of them were caused by strains of serotype 1/2a, clonal complex 8, indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Twenty-six human cases were reported, including two neonatal cases in twins. Three cases were fatal. The typing of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from food enabled to confirm a turkey meat delicatessen as the vehicle of infection for this local outbreak in the Moravian-Silesian Region. The food strains belonging to identical pulsotype were isolated from ready-to-eat turkey meat products packaged by the same producer between 2012 and 2016. This fact confirms that the described L. monocytogenes outbreak strain probably persisted in the environment of the aforementioned food-processing plant over several years. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed a very close relationship (zero to seven different alleles) between isolates from humans, foods and swabs from the environment of the food-processing plant under investigation.

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Disease OutbreaksAdolescentAdultAgedAgglutination TestsAnimalsChildChild, PreschoolCzech RepublicFemaleHumansIncidenceInfantListeria monocytogenesListeriosisMaleListeria monocytogenesmolecular epidemiologywhole-genome sequencing

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PMID29909819
PMCPMC9133684

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