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Volume 32, Number 9—September 2026
Research
Clustering and Source Association of Clinical and Nonclinical Listeria monocytogenes Isolates, New York, USA, 2000–20211
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Figure 2. Comparison of the relative frequency of Listeria monocytogenes CCs among clinical and nonclinical isolates in study of clustering and source association of clinical and nonclinical L. monocytogenes isolates, New York, USA, 2000–2021. Each bubble represents CCs that were found to be significantly overrepresented among either clinical or nonclinical isolates (Table 1). Diagonal reference line indicates equal frequency in clinical and nonclinical isolates; CCs above the line were common in clinical isolates, whereas CCs below were common in nonclinical isolates. CC, clonal complex.
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 2025 International Association for Food Protection Conference; July 27–30, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA.