Occurrence of Yersinia enterocolitica in house rats

• DOI: 10.1128/aem.36.2.314-318.1978
• Publication Date: 2020-01-01T02:51:23Z
• Authors: K I Kaneko; S Hamada; Y Kasai; E Kato
• Keywords: Biovar; Yersinia enterocolitica; Cecum

From July 1976 to May 1977, 270 rats (259 Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus) in Sapporo were examined for the presence of Yersinia enterocolitica house rats. The organism was isolated 55 (54 1 rattus). Isolated strains determined as O group (O)3, biovar 4; O4, 1; O5A, O6, 1. isolation O3, 4 from is first world, far we know. duodenum 3 rats, jejunum 7 ileum 8 cecum 34 colon 23 rectum 16 mesenteric lymph nodes 5 not liver, spleen, kidneys. Isolation made out 2 O3-positive O5A-positive ones, 29 O6-positive ones. A high agglutinin titer recorded two one animal.