Sporadic human Yersinia enterocolitica infections caused by bioserotype 4/O:3 originate mainly from pigs

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 747-749

  Fredriksson Ahomaa, Maria ^a,d   Stolle, Andreas ^a   Siitonen, Anja ^b   Korkeala, Hannu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APAL GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; NOTL GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPORADIC DISEASE; SWINE DISEASE; XHOL GENE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA 4 O:3; YERSINIOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FINLAND; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; SEROTYPING; SUS SCROFA; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 33744965553     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46523-0     Document Type: Article

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