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

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.

Yersinia enterocolitica infections affected a youth summer camp and nearby community in northeastern Pennsylvania in July 2019. Researchers identified 109 cases, 48 confirmed and 61 probable.

A drug that harnessed the power of immune cells to not only keep Yersinia in check but to overcome its defenses, ... and Y. enterocolitica share a keen ability to evade immune detection.

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 ...