Totally, 45 strains isolated from meat, poultry, dairy, and fish products in the Central European part of Russia in 2001-2005 and 2019-2020 were typed using a combined MLST and internalin profile (IP) scheme. Strains belonged to 14 clonal complexes (CCs) of the phylogenetic lineages I and II. Almost half of the strains (20 of 45) belonged to six CCs previously recognized as epidemic clones (ECs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFListeriosis is one of the most significant humans and animals foodborne infectious diseases. Here, we characterized 48 strains isolated in the territory of inner Eurasia during the second half of the 20th century. A total of 23 strains (52.
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