Yersinia enterocolitica was isolated from 37 of 50 raw chicken, 8 of 10 pork and salmon samples, and 1 of 10 leafy green samples collected at retail in the UK in 2021.

The rod-shaped bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica, which is transmitted through contaminated food, causes gastrointestinal diseases.In Germany alone, several thousand cases are reported annually ...

Overall, 8,023 laboratory-confirmed Yersinia infections were recorded in England between 1975 and 2020. Cases increased sharply during the 1980s to a peak in 1988 and 1989, followed by a steep ...

During December 2002--January 2003, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) investigated a cluster of Yersinia enterocolitica infections reported during a 10-week period among nine Chicago ...

The researchers focused on the Yersinia enterocolitica bacterium, by far the most common cause for yersiniosis. The disease is usually transmitted through raw or undercooked pork. Another source of ...

References [1] Cytosolic sorting platform complexes shuttle type III secretion system effectors to the injectisome in Yersinia enterocolitica. Nature Microbiology (2024). [2] FlhE functions as a ...

A recent report shows 69% of pork chops and ground pork tested positive for a bacteria that can result in fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea.