Listeria monocytogenes in ready to eat meat products from Zambia: phenotypical and genomic characterization of isolates.

ABSTRACT: The contamination of ready to eat foods (RTE) products due to Listeria monocytogenes could compromise the products safety becoming a great risk for the consumers. The high presence of L. monocytogenes in RTE products has been described worldwide, but few data are available about these products from African countries. The aims of this study were to report the presence of L. monocytogenes in Zambian RTE products, providing genomic characterization and data on similarity with African circulating strains using whole genome sequencing (WGS). A total of 304 RTE products, produced by different Zambian manufacturers, were purchased at retail, from major supermarkets located in Lusaka, Zambia, comprising 130 dairy and 174 meat products. L. monocytogenes was detected only

SUBMITTER: Centorotola G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10498467 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature