virF-positive Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica found in migratory birds in Sweden

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4670-4675

  Niskanen, Taina ^a   Waldenström, Jonas ^b,c   Fredriksson Ahomaa, Maria ^a,d   Olsen, Björn ^e,f   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ottenby Bird Observatory   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Res Inst Zoonotic Ecol/Epidemiol   (Sweden)

^f Institute of Hygiene and Technology of Food of Animal Origin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; PATHOLOGY;

PATHOGENS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AVIFAUNA; BACTERIUM; FECAL PELLET; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SWEDEN; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA FREDERIKSENII; YERSINIA INTERMEDIA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA ROHDEI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIRDS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; SWEDEN; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; THORACICA; TURDIDAE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA FREDERIKSENII; YERSINIA INTERMEDIA; YERSINIA KRISTENSENII; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA ROHDEI;

EID: 0042029422     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4670-4675.2003     Document Type: Article

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