O:8 serotype Yersinia enterocolitica strains in China

Serotypes O:3, O:8 and O:9 Yersinia enterocolitica strains carrying virulence determinants are common pathogens causing human infections. In many years of surveillance in China for Y. enterocolitica, no pathogenic O:8 strains have been found where the isolated O:8 serotypes lacked the major virulence genes and in contrast to O:3 and O:9 strains, none of the O:8 isolates were from humans. These O:8 isolates lack ail, ystA, yadA and virF genes but possess the ystB gene and all belong to Biotype 1A. These O:8 strains did not kill mice and could protect immunized mice against challenge with a pathogenic O:8 strain. Compared to the Chinese pathogenic O:3 and O:9 strains which have similar pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns, the 39 Chinese O:8 animal and food isolates were different from the pathogenic O:8 reference strains. This suggests the O:8 strains lacking virulence determinants may not disseminate rapidly in humans and are maintained in animal reservoirs; and therefore exhibit higher variance and divergence from the virulent type.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2008

Erschienen:

2008

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:125

Enthalten in:

International journal of food microbiology - 125(2008), 3 vom: 31. Juli, Seite 259-66

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Dong [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Zhigang [VerfasserIn]
Kan, Biao [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Yuchun [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yanmei [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Shengli [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hua [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jinchuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xianjun [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Wanfu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Jianguo [VerfasserIn]
Jing, Huaiqi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacterial Vaccines
DNA, Bacterial
Journal Article
Virulence Factors

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Date Completed 13.11.2008

Date Revised 25.07.2008

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.04.016

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NLM18009419X