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. 2001 Oct;39(10):3541–3547. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3541-3547.2001

TABLE 1.

Sources and serotypes of Y. pseudotuberculosis strainsa used

Area Source Total no. of strains No. of strains of serotype (O-):
1a 1b 1c 2a 2b 2c 3 4a 4b 5a 5b 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 UT
West 296 58 30 1 33 161 3 10
 Europe Humans 20 9 5 2 3 1
Pig 1 1
Horses 4 1 3
Rabbits 3 2 1
Guinea pig 1 1
Cat 1 1
Hares 7 2 3 2
Birds 75 34 18 13 1 9
 Australasia Human 1 1
Pigs 66 7 59
Cows 5 2 1 2
Cattle 13 1 12
Goats 32 1 31
Deer (domestic) 15 2 9 4
 S. America Buffalos 24 2 22
 N. America Humans 3 1 2
Monkeys 22 22
Pigs 3 3
Far East 1,939 5 213 2 12 115 65 253 104 565 208 209 50 38 10 18 12 2 4 1 53
 Russia Humans 54 20 11 5 18
Wild mice 37 23 6 7 1
Reindeer 3 3
Salmon 2 2
Vegetables 12 3 2 3 4
Environment 2 2
 China Human 1 1
Pig 3 2 1
Rabbits 17 6 2 4 3 2
Wild mice 10 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1
 Korea Humans 65 1 23 41
Pigs 2 1 1
Chicken 1 1
Wild mouse 1 1
Water 19 7 12
 Japan Humans 530 41 10 41 10 12 4 212 60 140
Pigs 312 40 17 20 146 8 78 2 1
Pork 2 2
Cow and goat 2 1 1
Cats and dogs 69 18 3 3 8 1 29 4 2 1
Monkeys 41 17 1 19 1 3
Cape hyrax (in zoo) 5 5
Rabbits 17 4 1 1 1 2 8
Guinea pigs 8 2 2 2 2
Racoon dogs 200 7 25 8 8 40 60 18 14 2 2 15 1
Wild mice 105 2 2 3 32 9 15 16 3 15 5 2 1
Moles 25 6 1 11 2 3 2
Others wild animals 30 1 6 1 6 2 8 3 1 2
Birds 10 1 6 3
Water 352 25 1 1 15 19 3 24 73 96 38 12 28 5 2 8 2
Soil 2 1 1
Total 2,235 63 243 2 13 148 65 414 107 565 218 209 50 38 10 18 12 2 4 1 53
a

The strains were kindly provided by S. Alcksic, A. Borczyk, E. de Boer, D. P. Falcao, T. Honda, M. Inoue, K. Kaneko, S. Kaneko, J. Katayama, R. Robins-Brown, Y. Ohtomo, M. Sasaki, and R. Van Noyen.