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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2023

Transforming Shiga toxin-producing

Stéphanie Nouws, Bavo Verhaegen, Sarah Denayer, Florence Crombé, Denis Piérard, Bert Bogaerts, Kevin Vanneste, Kathleen Marchal, Nancy H C Roosens, Sigrid C J De Keersmaecker

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Emerging hybrid shigatoxigenic and enteropathogenicClinical microbiology reviews · 2025
    Review
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  4. Shiga toxin-producingFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
    Article
  5. Cross-sectoral genomic surveillance reveals a lack of insight in sources of human infections with Shiga toxin-producingEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024
    Article
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Stéphanie NouwsTransversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Bavo VerhaegenNational Reference Laboratory for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (NRL STEC) and for Foodborne Outbreaks (NRL FBO), Foodborne Pathogens, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Sarah DenayerNational Reference Laboratory for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (NRL STEC) and for Foodborne Outbreaks (NRL FBO), Foodborne Pathogens, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Florence CrombéNational Reference Centre for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (NRC STEC), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Denis PiérardNational Reference Centre for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (NRC STEC), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Bert BogaertsTransversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Kevin VannesteTransversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Kathleen MarchalIDlab, Department of Information Technology, Ghent University-IMEC, Ghent, Belgium.
Nancy H C RoosensTransversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Sigrid C J De KeersmaeckerTransversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Shiga toxin-producing Methods: In this study, WGS was retrospectively applied to isolates collected within the context of Belgian food safety surveillance and combined with data from clinical isolates to evaluate its benefits. A cross-sector WGS-based collection of 754 strains from 1998 to 2020 was analyzed. Results: We confirmed that WGS in food safety surveillance allows accurate detection of genomic relationships between human cases and strains isolated from food samples, including those dispersed over time and geographical locations. Identifying these links can reveal new insights into outbreaks and direct epidemiological investigations to facilitate outbreak management. Complete WGS-based isolate characterization enabled expanding epidemiological insights related to circulating serotypes, virulence genes and antimicrobial resistance across different reservoirs. Moreover, associations between virulence genes and severe disease were determined by incorporating human metadata into the data analysis. Gaps in the surveillance system were identified and suggestions for optimization related to sample centralization, harmonizing isolation methods, and expanding sampling strategies were formulated. Discussion: This study contributes to developing a representative WGS-based collection of circulating STEC strains and by illustrating its benefits, it aims to incite policymakers to support WGS uptake in food safety surveillance.

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food safetyimplementationShiga toxin-producing Escherichia colisurveillancewhole genome sequencing

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PMID37520372
PMCPMC10381951

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