Genome Typing and Epidemiology of Human Listeriosis in New Zealand, 1999 to 2018

Lucia Rivas (1) , Shevaun Paine (1) , Pierre-Yves Dupont (1) , Audrey Tiong (1) , Beverley Horn (1) , Alexandra Moura (2, 3, 4) , Brent Gilpin (1)

1 ESR - Institute of Environmental Science and Research
2 Biologie des Infections - Biology of Infection
3 CNRL - Centre National de Référence Listeria - National Reference Center Listeria
4 CC-OMS / WHO-CC - Centre collaborateur de l'OMS Listeria / WHO Collaborating Centre Listeria

This study describes the epidemiology of listeriosis in New Zealand between 1999 and 2018 as well as the retrospective whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of 453 Listeria monocytogenes isolates corresponding to 95% of the human cases within this period. The average notified rate of listeriosis was 0.5 cases per 100,000 population, and non-pregnancy-associated cases were more prevalent than pregnancy-associated cases (averages of 19 and 5 cases per annum, respectively).

Keywords: Listeria monocytogenes; listeriosis; clinical; whole-genome sequencing; Listeria; genotyping

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

Lucia Rivas, Shevaun Paine, Pierre-Yves Dupont, Audrey Tiong, Beverley Horn, et al.. Genome Typing and Epidemiology of Human Listeriosis in New Zealand, 1999 to 2018. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2021, 59 (11), pp.e0084921. ⟨10.1128/JCM.00849-21⟩. ⟨pasteur-03696060⟩