Community Outbreak of <i>Yersinia pseudotuberculosis</i>

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  • INOUE Masanao
    Okayama Prefectural Health Center of Environment and Public Health
  • NAKASHIMA Hiroshi
    Okayama Prefectural Health Center of Environment and Public Health
  • UEBA Osamu
    Okayama Prefectural Health Center of Environment and Public Health
  • ISHIDA Tatsuo
    Okayama Prefectural Health Center of Environment and Public Health
  • DATE Hiroko
    Public Health Section, Okayama Prefectural Government
  • KOBASHI Shizuko
    Public Health Section, Okayama Prefectural Government
  • TAKAGI Kanji
    Public Health Section, Okayama Prefectural Government
  • NISHU Tatsuo
    Public Health Section, Okayama Prefectural Government
  • TSUBOKURA Misao
    Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University

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An outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Kurashiki, Japan is described. This is the first conclusive report of a community outbreak of this microorganism. A total of 535 pupils, five teachers, and one food attendant contracted the organism. Causative organisms were detected in 19 out of 30 patients. All isolated strains belonged to serotype VA. Out of 653 sera of the pupils, 488 showed elevated agglutinin titers ranging from 1:80 to 1:1, 280 or more within a period of 3 months.

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