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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:9.1
Recent Yersinia enterocolitica outbreaks and news:
Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 infections associated with bagged salad mix in Norway, February to April 2011
12.may.11
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 19
E MacDonald, B T Heier, T Stalheim, K S Cudjoe, T Skjerdal, A Wester, B A Lindstedt, L Vold
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19866
References:
^1^Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety. Panel on Biological Hazards. A preliminary risk assessment of Yersinia enterocolitica in the food chain: some aspects related to human health in Norway. 04/103. [Accessed 5 May 2011] Available from: http://www.vkm.no/dav/d165b9d426.pdf