Pathogenic strains of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) belonging to farmers are of the same subtype as pathogenic Y. enterocolitica strains isolated from humans and may be a source of human infection in Jiangsu Province, China

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1604-1610

  Wang, Xin ^a   Cui, Zhigang ^a   Wang, Hua ^b   Tang, Liuying ^a   Yang, Jinchuan ^c   Gu, Ling ^a   Jin, Dong ^a   Luo, Longze ^d   Qiu, Haiyan ^a   Xiao, Yuchun ^a   Xiong, Haiping ^e   Kan, Biao ^a   Xu, Jianguo ^a   Jing, Huaiqi ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xuzhou City   (China)

^d SICHUAN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e Nantong Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FOOD; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; WILD ANIMAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CARRIER STATE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEXAPODA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 77951792188     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01789-09     Document Type: Article

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