PMID: 9432835Feb 12, 1998Paper

New serological variants of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia kristensenii

Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii, i immunobiologii
G G GurlevaL V Nevenchannaia

Abstract

Seven Yersinia strains, selected from a number of cultures, not agglutinated by 32 typing sera, were found to have original antigenic features. These strains were given over to the Tarasevich State Research Institute for Standardization and Control of Medical Biological Preparations and registered under O-factor formulae and numbers: Y. kristensenii 165-036, Y. enterocolitica 170-037, Y. enterocolitica 168-038, Y.enterocolitica 167-039, Y. enterocolitica 166-040, Y. enterocolitica 169-041, Y. kristensenii 171-042. In our collection of strains antigenic analogs of new typing strains were found. The inclusion of sera to new serovars into the set of Yersinia diagnostic sera will widen the possibilities of epidemiological analysis.

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