Yersinia enterocolitica isolates of differing biotypes from humans and animals are adherent, invasive and persist in macrophages, but differ in cytokine secretion profiles in vitro

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Previous epidemiological studies have demonstrated a potential link between the serotypes of Yersinia enterocolitica recovered from cattle, sheep and pigs and those isolated from human disease cases. Further studies utilizing amplified fragment length polymorphisms have shown a relationship at the genetic level between strains of biotypes 3 and 4 from humans and livestock, and also suggested that some biotype 1A...