| distribution of pathogenic yersinia enterocolitica in china. | yersinia enterocolitica (1,295 strains) was isolated from diarrhea patients, livestock, poultry, wild animals, insect vectors, food, and the environment. they were studied for epidemiology distribution using bacterial biochemical metabolism tests, their virulence genes, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) sub-typing. the data showed that 416 of the 1,295 strains were pathogenic, where the pathogenic chinese isolates were of serotypes o:3 and o:9. these two serotypes were found in livesto ... | 2009 | 19575249 |