Sudden onset of pseudotuberculosis in humans, France, 2004-05.
Cases of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection increased in France during the winter of 2004-05 in the absence of epidemiologic links between patients or strains. This increase represents transient amplification of a pathogen endemic to the area and may be related to increased prevalence of the pathogen in rodent reservoirs.
Vincent
Pascal
P
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Lille, France.
Leclercq
Alexandre
A
Martin
Liliane
L
Duez
Jean-Marie
JM
Simonet
Michel
M
Carniel
Elisabeth
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012424:Rural Population; D012621:Seasons; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*