"Identification of Flagellar Antigens of Listeria monocytogenes by Sequence-Specific Amplification of flaA Alleles."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the Fourth International Meeting on Bacterial Epidemiological Markers, held September 10-13, 1997, in Elsinore, Denmark, "Listeria monocytogenes is primarily transmitted through contaminated foods and causes an uncommon but often lethal infection in susceptible hosts. Of 13 known serotypes of L. monocytogenes, serotypes 1/2a, 1/2b and 4b are most often associated with human disease. Serotyping is an important aspect of characterization of L. monocytogenes and facilitates further characterization by more discriminating molecular subtyping methods. However, serotyping reagents are available in only a few reference...

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