Ready-to-eat fruit and vegetables are a convenient source of nutrients and fibre for
consumers, and are generally safe to eat, but are vulnerable to contamination with human …

Despite continued efforts to improve health systems worldwide, emerging pathogen
epidemics remain a major public health concern. Effective response to such outbreaks relies …

Real-time surveillance of infectious disease using whole genome sequencing data poses
challenges in both result generation and communication. SnapperDB represents a set of …

The development of indefinitely propagating human'mini-guts' has led to a rapid advance in
gastrointestinal research related to transport physiology, developmental biology …

High-throughput sequencing (HTS) is becoming the state-of-the-art technology for typing of
microbial isolates, especially in clinical samples. Yet, its application is still in its infancy for …

Emerging public health challenges of Shiga toxin (stx)–producing Escherichia coli (STEC)
include the occurrence of more frequent or severe disease and risk factors shifts associated …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are responsible for gastrointestinal diseases
reported in numerous outbreaks around the world. Given the public health importance of …

Highlights•WGS is mainly being applied for surveillance and outbreak investigation
purposes.•There is a strong need for harmonization of typing methods and …

In August 2015, Public Health England detected an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing
Escherichia coli (STEC) serotype O157: H7 caused by contaminated salad leaves in a …

Outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis have long been associated with contaminated poultry
and eggs. In the summer of 2014 a large multi-national outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis …