Whole genome sequencing finds listeria in unlikely places
The listeria outbreak that killed three and prompted Texas ice cream company Blue Bell Creameries to recall every one of its products late last month is the latest example of how genetic epidemiology...
View ArticleWhole genome sequencing to detect foodborne illness in Denmark
The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, is promoting the creation of global databases for WGS results to facilitate intelligent use of this data. Debate in the media around...
View ArticleWhole genome sequencing: US FDA wants food companies to hand over their...
Investigations into foodborne illness are being radically transformed by whole genome sequencing, which federal officials say is enabling them to identify the source of an outbreak far more quickly and...
View ArticleBuffett from hell: 31 sickened with Staph at a horsey event in Luxembourg
In June 2014, a staphylococcal food poisoning outbreak occurred at an international equine sports event in Luxembourg requiring the hospitalization of 31 persons. We conducted a microbiological...
View ArticleWhole genome sequencing – it’s all the rage
I returned to the University of Guelph in about 1989 for a press thingy, and asked a former genetics prof (who was an asshole; drinking game, they all were) what was this PCR stuf. He didn’t tell me...
View ArticleWhole-genome-sequencing and the longest run-on sentence in abstract history:...
As we are approaching the twentieth anniversary of PulseNet, a network of public health and regulatory laboratories that has changed the landscape of foodborne illness surveillance through molecular...
View ArticleEmergence and spread of Salmonella Typhimuriam DT104
Since it first emerged more than half a century ago, a particular strain of multidrug-resistant Salmonella has spread all over the world. Now researchers have figured out why this strain, Salmonella...
View ArticleWhole genome sequencing confirms: Listeria in pre-packaged salad
We report on a case of listeriosis in a patient who probably consumed a prepackaged romaine lettuce–containing product recalled for Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Although definitive...
View ArticleWhole genome sequencing, Campylobacter and what makes people barf
High-throughput whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is a revolutionary tool in public health microbiology and is gradually substituting classical typing methods in surveillance of infectious diseases. In...
View ArticleWhole genome sequencing PR in Australia
In a press release story that oozes with promotional fanfare, foodborne illnesses caused by bugs such as salmonella could be cut by a third in NSW within five years, with food and health authorities...
View ArticleWhole genone sequencing fingers ham as source of Salmonella outbreak in...
In January 2017, an increase in reported Salmonella enterica serotype Bovismorbificans cases in the Netherlands was observed since October 2016. We implemented a case–control study to identify the...
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