Publications and References

Selected Publications

Griffin PM, Carneil E. Yersiniosis. In: Heymann D, editor. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 20th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Public Health Association; 2014. p. 690–3.

Ong KL, Gould LH, Chen DL, Jones TF, Scheftel J, Webb TH, Mody RK, Mahon BE. Changing epidemiology of Yersinia enterocolitica infections: markedly decreased rates in young black children, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 1996–2009. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;54 Suppl 5:S385–90.

Long C, Jones TF, Vugia DJ, Scheftel J, Strockbine N, Ryan P, Shiferaw B, Tauxe RV, Gould LH. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Y. enterocolitica infections, FoodNet, 1996–2007. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;16(3):566–7.

Schmitz AM, Tauxe RV. Yersinia enterocolitica Infections. In: Brachman PS, Abrutyn E, editors. Bacterial Infections of Humans. New York: Springer; 2009. p. 939–57.

Bhaduri S, Wesley I. Isolation and characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica from swine feces recovered during the National Animal Health Monitoring System Swine 2000 study. J Food Prot. 2006;69(9):2107–12.

Ray SM, Ahuja SD, Blake PA, Farley MM, Samuel M, Fiorentino T, Swanson E, Cassidy M, Lay JC, Van Gilder T; Emerging Infections Program FoodNet Working Group. Population-based surveillance for Yersinia enterocolitica infections in FoodNet sites 1996–1999: Higher risk of disease in infants and minority populations. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Apr 15;38 Suppl 3:S181–9.

Tauxe RV. Salad and pseudoappendicitis: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis as a foodborne pathogen. J Infect Dis. 2004 Mar 1;189(5):761–3.

Jones T, Buckingham S, Bopp C, Ribot E, Schaffner W. From pig to pacifier: chitterling-associated yersiniosis outbreak among black infants. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003;9(8):1007–9.

Ackers ML, Schoenfeld S, Markman J, Smith GM, Nicholson MA, DeWitt W, Cameron DN, Griffin PM, Slutsker L. An outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica 0:8 infections associated with pasteurized milk. J Infect Dis. 2000;181(5):1834–7.

Ostroff SM, Kapperud G, Hutwagner LC, Nesbakken T, Bean NH, Lassen J, Tauxe RV. Sources of sporadic Yersinia enterocolitica infections in Norway: a prospective case-control study. Epidemiol Infect. 1994;112(1):133–41.

Farmer JJ 3rd, Carter GP, Miller VL, Falkow S, Wachsmuth IK. Pyrazinamidase, CR-MOX agar, salicin fermentation-esculin hydrolysis, and D-xylose fermentation for identifying pathogenic serotypes of Yersinia enterocolitica. J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Oct;30(10):2589–94.

Ostroff SM, Kapperud G, Lassen J, Aasen S, Tauxe RV. Clinical features of sporadic Yersinia enterocolitica infections in Norway. J Infect Dis. 1992 Oct;166:812–7.

Metchock B, Lonsway DR, Carter GP, Lee LA, McGowan JE Jr. Yersinia enterocolitica: a frequent seasonal stool isolate from children at an urban hospital in the southeast United States. J Clin Microbiol. 1991 Dec;29(12): 2868–9.

Blumberg, HM, Kiehlbauch JA, Wachsmuth IK. Molecular epidemiology of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infections: use of chromosomal DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms of rRNA genes. J Clin Microbiol. 1991 Nov;29(11):2368–74.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Yersinia enterocolitica infections during the holidays in black families—Georgia. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1990 Nov 16;39(45):819–20.

Lee LA, Gerber AR, Lonsway DR, Smith JD, Carter GP, Puhr ND, Parrish CM, Sikes RK, Finton RJ, Tauxe RV. Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infections in infants and children, associated with the household preparation of chitterlings. N Eng J Med. 1990 Apr 5;322(14):984–7.

Tipple MA, Bland LA, Murphy JJ, Arduino M, Panlilio AL, Farmer JJ. Sepsis associated with transfusion of red blood cells contaminated with Yersinia enterocolitica. Transfusion. 1990 Mar–Apr;30:207–13.

Lee LA, Taylor J, Carter GP, Quinn B, Farmer JJ, Tauxe RV, UUCS Group. Yersinia enterocolitica O:3: An emerging cause of pediatric gastroenteritis in the United States. J of Infect Dis. 1990 Mar;163:660–3.

Tauxe RV, Vandepitte J, Wauters G, Martin SM, Goossens V, De Mol P, Van Noyen R, Thiers G. Yersinia enterocolitica infections and pork: the missing link. Lancet. 1987 May 16;1(8542):1129–32.

Tacket CO, Ballard J, Harris N, Allard J, Nolan C, Quan T, Cohen ML. An outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica infections caused by contaminated tofu (soybean curd). Am J Epidemiol. 1985 May;121(5):705–11.

Tacket CO, Narain JP, Sattin R, Lofgren JP, Konigsberg C Jr, Rendtorff RC, Rausa A, Davis BR, Cohen ML. A multistate outbreak of infections caused by Yersinia enterocolitica transmitted by pasteurized milk. JAMA. 1984 Jan 2;251(4):483–6.

Tacket CO, Davis BR, Carter GP, Randolph JF, Cohen ML. Yersinia enterocolitica pharyngitis. Ann Intern Med. 1983;99(1):40–2.

CDC. Multi-state outbreak of yersiniosis. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1982 Sep 24;31(37):505–6.

Black RE, Jackson RJ, Tsai T, Medvesky M, Shayegani M, Feeley JC, MacLeod KI, Wakelee AM. Epidemic Yersinia enterocolitica infection due to contaminated chocolate milk. N Eng J Med. 1978 Jan 12;298:76–9.

Eden KV,  Rosenberg ML,  Stoopler M,  Wood BT,  Highsmith AK,  Skaliy P,  Wells JG,  Feeley JC. Waterborne gastrointestinal illness at a ski resort—isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica from drinking water—. Public Health Rep. 1977 May–Jun;92:245–50.