Worldwide Distribution of Major Clones of Listeria monocytogenes

Viviane Chenal-Francisque (1, 2) , Jodie Lopez (1) , Thomas Cantinelli (1) , Valerie Caro (1) , Coralie Tran (1) , Alexandre Leclercq (1, 2) , Marc Lecuit (1, 2) , Sylvain Brisse (1)

1 IP - Institut Pasteur [Paris]
2 CNR - CCOMS - Laboratoire des Listeria, Centre National de Référence des Listeria, et Centre collaborateur de l’OMS pour la listériose d’origine alimentaire

Listeria monocytogenes is worldwide a pathogen, but the geographic distribution of clones remains largely unknown. Genotyping of 300 isolates from the 5 continents and diverse sources showed the existence of few prevalent and globally distributed clones, some of which include previously described epidemic clones. Cosmopolitan distribution indicates the need for genotyping standardization.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology

Viviane Chenal-Francisque, Jodie Lopez, Thomas Cantinelli, Valerie Caro, Coralie Tran, et al.. Worldwide Distribution of Major Clones of Listeria monocytogenes. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, 17 (6), pp.1110-1112. ⟨10.3201/eid/1706.101778⟩. ⟨pasteur-02870137⟩