title: Yersinia enterocolitica: Mode of Transmission, Molecular Insights of Virulence, and Pathogenesis of Infection.
abstract: Although Yersinia enterocolitica is usually transmitted through contaminated food and untreated water, occasional transmission such as human-to-human, animal-to-human and blood transfusion associated transmission have also identified in human disease. Of the six Y. enterocolitica biotypes, the virulence of the pathogenic biotypes, namely, 1B and 2-5 is attributed to the presence of a highly conserved 70-kb virulence plasmid, termed pYV/pCD and certain chromosomal genes. Some biotype 1A strains, despite lacking virulence plasmid (pYV) and traditional chromosomal virulence genes, are isolated frequently from humans with gastrointestinal diseases similar to that produced by isolates belonging known pathogenic biotypes. Y. enterocolitica pathogenic biotypes have evolved two major properties: the ability to penetrate the intestinal wall, which is thought to be controlled by plasmid genes, and the production of heat-stable enterotoxin, which is controlled by chromosomal genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Yeasmin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sabina
authors.forename: Atiqur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Ramesh Chandra
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Montet