Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018
Dispatch
Listeriosis Outbreaks Associated with Soft Cheeses, United States, 1998–20141
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Figure. Listeriosis outbreaks associated with soft cheeses and other foods, United States, 1998–2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began pulsed-field gel eletrophoresis subtyping of clinical Listeria monocytogenes isolates in 1998 and launched the use of standardized interview questions in 2004; the routine use of whole-genome sequencing was introduced in 2013
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases; March 11–14, 2012; Atlanta, GA, USA.