title: Putative origin of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in western and eastern countries. A comparison of restriction endonuclease analysis of virulence plasmids.
abstract: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis isolates from Russia east of Moscow, Korea and mainland China were used for restriction endonuclease analysis of virulence plasmid (REAP) and findings were compared with REAP of isolates from Japan and Western countries. An identical REAP pattern of each serogroup 1a, 1b, 3, 4a and 4b strain was observed among isolates from Russia, Korea, mainland China, and Japan but such was absent in West European strains. Therefore, the possibility that the origin of Y. pseudotuberculosis between West Europe and eastern Eurasia east of Moscow may be from a different clone should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Institute of Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gomyoda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Shubin
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Isachikova
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Paik
authors.forename: X B
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012703:Serotyping; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*