YERSINIA-PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS IN CHINA

Authors
ZHENG XB TSUBOKURA M WANG YK XIE C NAGANO T SOMEYA K KIYOHARA T SUZUKI K SANEKATA T
Citation
Xb. Zheng et al., YERSINIA-PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS IN CHINA, Microbiology and immunology, 39(10), 1995, pp. 821-824
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology
Journal title
Microbiology and immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03855600
Volume
39
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
821 - 824
Database
ISI
SICI code
0385-5600(1995)39:10<821:YIC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Thirty strains of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis were isolated from rabbi ts (17 strains), wild rats (9 strains) and house rats (4 strains) in C hina between 1990 and 1993. The biochemical properties of these isolat es were identical with those of Y. pseudotuberculosis and no special c haracteristics were found in these strains. Serologically, serogroups 4b and 5b were identical to isolates found in Japan, and a new serogro up 1c and unclassified strains have also been detected. The existence of virulence-associated properties were different among strains. The p YV plasmid was detected from 6 strains of 30 isolates. This report doc uments the presence of Y. pseudotuberculosis in China, providing impor tant epidemiological information.