Occurrence of Yersinia enterocolitica in house rats

Male 0301 basic medicine 0303 health sciences Yersinia Infections Yersinia Rats 3. Good health Intestines Rodent Diseases 03 medical and health sciences Agglutinins Animals Female Mesentery Lymph Nodes Seasons Disease Reservoirs
DOI: 10.1128/aem.36.2.314-318.1978 Publication Date: 2020-01-01T02:51:23Z
ABSTRACT
From July 1976 to May 1977, 270 rats (259 Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus) in Sapporo were examined for the presence of Yersinia enterocolitica in house rats. The organism was isolated in 55 rats (54 R. norvegicus and 1 R. rattus). Isolated strains were determined as O group (O)3, biovar 4; O4, biovar 1; O5A, biovar 1; and O6, biovar 1. The isolation of O3, biovar 4 strains from R. norvegicus is the first in the world, as far as we know. The organism was isolated from the duodenum in 3 rats, the jejunum in 7 rats, the ileum in 8 rats, the cecum in 34 rats, the colon in 23 rats, the rectum in 16 rats, and the mesenteric lymph nodes in 5 rats. The organism was not isolated from liver, spleen, and kidneys. Isolation of the organism from the mesenteric lymph nodes was made in 1 out of 2 O3-positive rats, 1 out of 7 O5A-positive ones, and 3 out of 29 O6-positive ones. A high agglutinin titer was recorded in the two O3-positive rats and in one O6-positive animal.
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