TY - JOUR AU - Barkley, Jonathan AU - Gosciminski, Michael AU - Miller, Adam T1 - Whole-Genome Sequencing Detection of Ongoing Listeria Contamination at a Restaurant, Rhode Island, USA, 2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 8 SP - 1474 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In November 2014, the Rhode Island Department of Health investigated a cluster of 3 listeriosis cases. Using whole-genome sequencing to support epidemiologic, laboratory, and environmental investigations, the department identified 1 restaurant as the likely source of the outbreak and also linked the establishment to a listeriosis case that occurred in 2013. KW - listeria KW - listeriosis KW - whole-genome sequencing KW - WGS KW - environmental contamination KW - contamination source KW - epidemiologic investigation KW - environmental investigation KW - bacteria KW - bacterial pathogen KW - food processing KW - food service establishments KW - outbreak KW - pulsed-field gel electrophoresis KW - PFGE KW - foodborne infections KW - Rhode Island KW - USA DO - 10.3201/eid2208.151917 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/8/15-1917_article ER - End of Reference