Researchers have detected a highly virulent new form of pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes.
It was identified as the cause of serious diseases in sheep in a remote area of the Chinese province Jiangsu.
An international research
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A revision of Shiga-toxin producing E. coli guidelines in Norway was helped by a survey and new scientific evidence.
In autumn 2016, Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) guidelines were modified accounting for evidence on the
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Scientists have found the virulence of Listeria differs depending on the food type, discovering that dairy products are contaminated with the most virulent bacteria.
Researchers from the Pasteur Institute, the French National Institute of Health
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Future Salmonella outbreaks are likely to become more severe, according to researchers from an Australian university.
The team from the University of Sydney used more than 17,000 Salmonella Typhimurium isolates collected from 2008 to 2016
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Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have shown that Listeria responds to an antibiotic, despite the pathogen carrying genes that should make it highly resistant.
Their study report, published in the journal PLOS Genetics,
Continue Reading Listeria researchers find a chink in the antibiotic-resistant bacteria’s armour
With each passing poultry-associated Salmonella outbreak over the past few years, there has been an increased focus on this pathogen and its control. Along with that is an increasing use of the term “virulent.” But
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Could identifying certain hypervirulent subtypes of Salmonella be a first step toward preventing food poisoning outbreaks caused by the bacteria?
An international research team, led by University of California Santa Barbara researchers Michael Mahan and
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