The genus Yersinia spp. encompasses gram-negative, coccobacilli bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae that cause yersiniosis, a sporadic disease of humans and animals (QUINN, 2011; UZAL et al., ...

In 1987, a serological survey among 755 male Norwegian military recruitsshowed that 68 (9.0%) had IgG (7.4%) and/or IgA (4.5%) antibodiesto Y. enterocolitica O:3, consistent with previous infection.

French officials have reported findings from a check of pork products for Yersinia and two outbreaks caused by contaminated raw milk cheese. Yersinia enterocolitica is one of the top agents reported ...

New research by geneticists hints at the deadly work of Yersinia pestis 5,000 years ago. By Franz Lidz At the end of the Stone Age, some 5,300 years ago, the populations of Scandinavia and northwest ...

Yersinia enterocolitica bacteria may be an underappreciated threat to food safety and a potential unreported cause of foodborne disease in humans. A new study by the Quadram Institute and the ...

Researchers have raised questions about the threat Yersinia enterocolitica poses to public health. The study, involving the Quadram Institute, University of East Anglia, and the UK Health Security ...

Contribution from the Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of ...

Thousands of Brits are unknowingly getting infected every year with a little-known bug, health chiefs have warned. Yersinia enterocolitica — common in the 1980s and 1990s — can cause a week-long bout ...

Yersinia bacteria cause a variety of human and animal diseases, the most notorious being the plague, caused by Yersinia pestis. A relative, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, causes gastrointestinal illness ...

Yersiniosis is a zoonosis causing gastroenteritis, diarrhoea, and occasionally reactive arthritis and septicaemia. Cases are often linked to meat consumption and the most common aetiological agent is ...