https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2020.8772

Occurrence and molecular characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from ready-to-eat meats in Hanoi, Vietnam

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2020)
Submitted: 18 December 2019
Accepted: 5 March 2020
Published: 16 October 2020
Listeria monocytogenes, Ready-to-eat meats, Sausage, Sliced meat, Epidemiology, Multi-locus sequence typing
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Thuy Phung
School of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Tung Tran
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2270-5656
School of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Dung Pham
School of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Anh To
School of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Hoa Le
hoa.lequang@hust.edu.vn
School of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Viet Nam.

Listeria monocytogenes represents one of the most serious threats to food safety. Several studies have shown that Ready-To- Eat (RTE) meats are an important vehicle responsible for listeriosis in human. In Vietnam, little is known about the occurrence and molecular characteristics of L. monocytogenes in meat products, which are essential for developing monitoring plans and control measures. In the present study, we investigated the occurrence of L. monocytogenes in 258 sausage and sliced meat samples collected during the period of 2013-2015 and determined the genetic diversity of the isolates using multi-locus sequence typing (MLST). Overall, L. monocytogenes was present in 19/129 (14.7 %) and 40/129 (31.0 %) sausage and sliced meat samples respectively, with the peak of occurrence being in summer. Furthermore, a minimum spanning tree was constructed based on MLST data of 47 isolates. A total of 15 sequence types were found, with five being novel. Notably, the majority of the isolates (34/47) belonged to the hypervirulent clonal complexes 1, 2, and 3.

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Phung T, Tran T, Pham D, To A, Le H. Occurrence and molecular characteristics of <em>Listeria monocytogenes</em> isolated from ready-to-eat meats in Hanoi, Vietnam. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 16 [cited 2024 Dec. 26];9(3). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/8772

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