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In the first seven weeks of 2016, five serotype 1/2a isolates were collected from patients with invasive listeriosis in Ancona province in Italy. These strains and six 1/2a isolates identified in 2015 in the same area were typed by ERIC-PCR and PFGE. A clonal relationship, documented between the two sets of isolates, suggested a listeriosis outbreak in Ancona that started most probably in 2015. Investigation into the source of infection is still ongoing.

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Ongoing outbreak of invasive listeriosis due to serotype 1/2a Listeria monocytogenes, Ancona province, Italy, January 2015 to February 2016
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Emanuela+Marini&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Marini Emanuela</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gloria+Magi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Magi Gloria</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Chiara+Vincenzi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vincenzi Chiara</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Esther+Manso&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Manso Esther</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Bruna+Facinelli&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Facinelli Bruna</a></span>. Ongoing outbreak of invasive listeriosis due to serotype 1/2a Listeria monocytogenes, Ancona province, Italy, January 2015 to February 2016. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2016;21(17):pii=30217. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.17.30217" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.17.30217</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 05 Apr 2016;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 28 Apr 2016 </span> </p>
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