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Yersinia enterocolitica is a Gram-negative pathogen1 that can cause foodborne disease. A publication by Scallan et al.2 in 2011 estimated that 97,656 human foodborne Yersiniosis cases, including 29 deaths, occur annually in the US. Yersiniosis outbreaks are often associated with consumption of pork, as the pig is the only animal consumed by humans which regularly harbours the pathogenic serovars O:3 and O:9.3
Recent Yersinia enterocolitica outbreaks and news:
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