Yersinia enterocolitica Infections

  • Ann M. Schmitz
  • Robert V. Tauxe
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Three bacteria of the genus Yersinia are recognized human pathogens. Yersinia pestis is the cause of plague, a devastating epidemic disease transmitted from rodent reservoirs to humans by the bite of the flea. Y. pestis evolved from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, a cause of epizootic disease in animals and mesenteric lymphadenitis in humans, that can be transmitted through contaminated food.(1) Yersinia enterocolitica, recognized as a cause of human illness around the world, also causes intestinal infections and is transmitted from animal reservoirs through contaminated food. The various strains of Y. enterocolitica form a heterogenous group of bacteria that includes both well-established pathogens and non-pathogenic environmental strains that are ubiquitous in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Only a few phenotypic variants have been conclusively associated with human or animal disease.

Keywords

Reactive Arthritis Yersinia Enterocolitica Yersinia Pestis Diarrheal Illness Terminal Ileitis 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ann M. Schmitz
    • 1
  • Robert V. Tauxe
    • 2
  1. 1.University of WisconsinMadisonUSA
  2. 2.Division of Foodborne Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAtlantaUSA

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