The EnteroBase user's guide, with case studies on Salmonella transmissions, Yersinia pestis phylogeny, and Escherichia core genomic diversity

Z Zhou, NF Alikhan, K Mohamed, Y Fan… - Genome …, 2020 - genome.cshlp.org
EnteroBase is an integrated software environment that supports the identification of global
population structures within several bacterial genera that include pathogens. Here, we …

Multilocus Sequence Typing as a Replacement for Serotyping in Salmonella enterica

M Achtman, J Wain, FX Weill, S Nair, Z Zhou… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica is traditionally subdivided into serovars by
serological and nutritional characteristics. We used Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) to …

Far East Scarlet-Like Fever: A Review of the Epidemiology, Symptomatology, and Role of Superantigenic Toxin: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-Derived Mitogen A

A Amphlett - Open forum infectious diseases, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Far East scarlet-like fever (FESLF) is a severe inflammatory disease that occurs sporadically
and in outbreaks in Russia and Japan. Far East scarlet-like fever is caused by Yersinia …

Historical variations in mutation rate in an epidemic pathogen, Yersinia pestis

Y Cui, C Yu, Y Yan, D Li, Y Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The genetic diversity of Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of plague, is extremely limited
because of its recent origin coupled with a slow clock rate. Here we identified 2,326 SNPs …

Yersiniosis in New Zealand

L Rivas, H Strydom, S Paine, J Wang, J Wright - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rate of yersiniosis in New Zealand (NZ) is high compared with other developed
countries, and rates have been increasing over recent years. Typically,> 99% of human …

Parallel independent evolution of pathogenicity within the genus Yersinia

S Reuter, TR Connor, L Barquist… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The genus Yersinia has been used as a model system to study pathogen evolution. Using
whole-genome sequencing of all Yersinia species, we delineate the gene complement of …

EnteroBase: hierarchical clustering of 100 000s of bacterial genomes into species/subspecies and populations

M Achtman, Z Zhou… - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The definition of bacterial species is traditionally a taxonomic issue while bacterial
populations are identified by population genetics. These assignments are species specific …

Genus-wide Yersinia core-genome multilocus sequence typing for species identification and strain characterization

C Savin, A Criscuolo, J Guglielmini… - Microbial …, 2019 - microbiologyresearch.org
The genus Yersinia comprises species that differ widely in their pathogenic potential and
public-health significance. Yersinia pestis is responsible for plague, while Yersinia …

A case-control study and molecular epidemiology of yersiniosis in Aotearoa New Zealand

L Rivas, B Horn, B Armstrong, J Wright… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
The objective of this study was to determine risk factors and sources attributed to yersiniosis
in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). A risk factor questionnaire was administered to 247 notified …

The Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex: characterization and delineation of a new species, Yersinia wautersii

C Savin, L Martin, C Bouchier, S Filali, J Chenau… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The genus Yersinia contains three species pathogenic for humans, one of which is the
enteropathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. A recent analysis by Multi Locus Sequence …