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yersinia
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yer·sin·i·a  (yr-sn-)
n. pl. yer·sin·i·ae (--)
A gram-negative bacillus of the genus Yersinia that causes various animal diseases.
[From New Latin Yersinia, genus name, after Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin (1863-1943), Swiss-born French bacteriologist.]
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Factors promoting acute and chronic diseases caused by yersiniae.
Persistence of Yersinia pestis in soil under natural conditions by Eisen, Rebecca J.; Petersen, Jeannine M.; Higgins, Charles L.; Wong, David; Levy, Craig E.; Mead, Pa / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The hazards under consideration, however, ought to include at least salmonellae and yersiniae, which are more heat resistant than parasites and are common contaminants of pork.
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Yersiniae have an impaired iron metabolism, and for this reason, they rarely cause sepsis in patients without iron overload, which is often secondary to alcoholism, asplenia, hemochromatosis, thalassemia major, or tobacco smoking (1).
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