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. 2015;20(50).
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.50.30094.

Ongoing outbreak of invasive listeriosis, Germany, 2012 to 2015

Werner Ruppitsch  1 , Rita Prager, Sven Halbedel, Patrick Hyden, Ariane Pietzka, Steliana Huhulescu, Dorothee Lohr, Katharina Schönberger, Elisabeth Aichinger, Anja Hauri, Klaus Stark, Sabine Vygen, Erhard Tietze, Franz Allerberger, Hendrik Wilking
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Ongoing outbreak of invasive listeriosis, Germany, 2012 to 2015

Werner Ruppitsch et al. Euro Surveill. 2015.
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Abstract

Listeriosis patient isolates in Germany have shown a new identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern since 2012 (n = 66). Almost all isolates (Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a) belonged to cases living in southern Germany, indicating an outbreak with a so far unknown source. Case numbers in 2015 are high (n = 28). No outbreak cases outside Germany have been reported. Next generation sequencing revealed the unique cluster type CT1248 and confirmed the outbreak. Investigations into the source are ongoing.

Keywords: Listeria; Listeriosis; epidemiology; food-borne infections; infection control; outbreaks; typing.

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