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Variation in virulence among clades of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with disease outbreaks by Manning, Shannon D, Motiwala, Alifiya S, Springman, A. Cody, Qi, Weihong, Lacher, David W, Ouellette, Lindsey M, Mladonicky, Janice M, Somsel, Patricia, Rudrik, James T, Dietrich, Stephen E, Zhang, Wei, Swaminathan, Bala, Alland, David, Whittam, Thomas S

“…Escherichia coli O157:H7, a toxin-producing food and waterborne bacterial pathogen, has been linked to large outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness for more…”
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Short-term genome evolution of Listeria monocytogenes in a non-controlled environment by Orsi, Renato H, Borowsky, Mark L, Lauer, Peter, Young, Sarah K, Nusbaum, Chad, Galagan, James E, Birren, Bruce W, Ivy, Reid A, Sun, Qi, Graves, Lewis M, Swaminathan, Bala, Wiedmann, Martin

“…While increasing data on bacterial evolution in controlled environments are available, our understanding of bacterial genome evolution in natural environments…”
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PulseNet standardized protocol for subtyping Listeria monocytogenes by macrorestriction and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis by Graves, Lewis M., Swaminathan, Bala

“…PulseNet is a national network of pubic health and food regulatory laboratories established in the US to detect clusters of foodborne disease and respond…”
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PulseNet: the molecular subtyping network for foodborne bacterial disease surveillance, United States by Swaminathan, B, Barrett, T J, Hunter, S B, Tauxe, R V

“…PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for foodborne disease surveillance, was established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and…”
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Interpretation of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns in foodborne disease investigations and surveillance by Barrett, Timothy J, Gerner-Smidt, Peter, Swaminathan, Bala

“…Since the establishment of the well-known Tenover criteria in 1995 (Tenover et al., 1995), relatively few papers have been published about the interpretation…”
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Rapid Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Protocol for Subtyping of Campylobacter jejuni by RIBOT, Efrain M, FITZGERALD, Collette, KUBOTA, Kristy, SWAMINATHAN, Bala, BARRETT, Timothy J

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Building PulseNet International: an interconnected system of laboratory networks to facilitate timely public health recognition and response to foodborne disease outbreaks and emerging foodborne diseases by Swaminathan, Bala, Gerner-Smidt, Peter, Ng, Lai-King, Lukinmaa, Susanna, Kam, Kai-Man, Rolando, Sharon, Gutiérrez, Enrique Pérez, Binsztein, Norma

“…PulseNet USA, the national molecular subtyping network for foodborne disease surveillance, began functioning in the United States in 1996 and soon established…”
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Utility of Multilocus Sequence Typing as an Epidemiological Tool for Investigation of Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis Caused by Campylobacter jejuni by SAILS, Andrew D, SWAMINATHAN, Bala, FIELDS, Patricia I

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The epidemiology of human listeriosis by Swaminathan, Bala, Gerner-Smidt, Peter

“…Listeriosis is a serious invasive disease that primarily afflicts pregnant women, neonates and immunocompromised adults. The causative organism, Listeria…”
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Isolation of Salmonella typhimurium from outbreak-associated cake mix by Zhang, Guodong, Ma, Li, Patel, Nehal, Swaminathan, Bala, Wedel, Stephanie, Doyle, Michael P

“…During May and June of 2005, 26 persons in several states were infected by a single strain (isolates indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) of…”
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Rapid detection of food-borne pathogenic bacteria by BALA SWAMINATHAN, FENG, P

“…Recent advancements in biotechnology are rapidly altering the diagnostic procedures used in microbiologic analysis of foods. Biochemical identification tests…”
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Genetic markers unique to Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b differentiate epidemic clone II (hot dog outbreak strains) from other lineages by Evans, M.R, Swaminathan, B, Graves, L.M, Altermann, E, Klaenhammer, T.R, Fink, R.C, Kernodle, S, Kathariou, S

“…A small number of closely related strains of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b, designated epidemic clone I (ECI), have been implicated in numerous outbreaks…”
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Epidemiology of human listeriosis by SCHUCHAT, A, BALA SWAMINATHAN, BROOME, C. V

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Clonal Complexes of Campylobacter jejuni Identified by Multilocus Sequence Typing Correlate with Strain Associations Identified by Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis by SAILS, Andrew D, SWAMINATHAN, Bala, FIELDS, Patricia I

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Molecular Subtyping of Clostridium perfringens by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis To Facilitate Food-Borne-Disease Outbreak Investigations by MASLANKA, S. E, KERR, J. G, WILLIAMS, G, BARBAREE, J. M, CARSON, L. A, MILLER, J. M, SWAMINATHAN, B

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Identification of Bartonella Species Directly in Clinical Specimens by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of a 16S rRNA Gene Fragment by MATAR, G. M, KOEHLER, J. E, MALCOLM, G, LAMBERT-FAIR, M. A, TAPPERO, J, HUNTER, S. B, SWAMINATHAN, B

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Identification and characterization of nucleotide sequence differences in three virulence-associated genes of Listeria monocytogenes strains representing clinically important serotypes by Vines, A. (Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA.), Swaminathan, B

“…Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive, facultative intracellular bacterium that causes invasive, often fatal, disease in susceptible hosts. As a foodborne…”
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Bartonella (Rochalimaea) Species as a Cause of Apparent “Culture-Negative” Endocarditis by Spach, David H., Kanter, Andrew S., Daniels, Nicholas A., Nowowiejski, David J., Larson, Ann M., Schmidt, Rodney A., Swaminathan, Bala, Brenner, Don J.

“…Bartonella quintana (formerly Rochalimaea quintana) is a recently recognized cause of apparent “culture-negative” endocarditis. We describe a 39-year-old,…”
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Pretreatment with Urea-Hydrochloric Acid Enhances the Isolation of Helicobacter pylori from Contaminated Specimens by QUNSHENG SONG, ZIRNSTEIN, Gerald W, SWAMINATHAN, Bala, GOLD, Benjamin D

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The national food safety initiative by Binder, S, Khabbaz, R, Swaminathan, B, Tauxe, R, Potter, M

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