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Seroprevalence of Anti-Yersinia Antibodies in Healthy Austrians

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Yersiniosis is caused by Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis mostly presenting as intestinal infection. The infection is usually acquired from contaminated food. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of anti-Yersinia antibodies in Austrians. Sera of 750 healthy Austrians from all nine states were tested for anti-Yersinia IgG antibodies using the recomBlot Yersinia Westernblot® kit. Overall seroprevalence was 29.7%. Seroprevalence increased significantly with age from 24.7% in the group of the 19 to 24 year olds to 38.5% in the group of persons older than 44 years. The seroprevalence of anti-Yersinia antibodies varied within the states between 18% and 43.5%. The high seroprevalence of anti-Yersinia antibodies in contrast to only approximately 100 reported yersiniosis cases per year points to the fact that the majority of infections is either subclinical or mild.

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  1. Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

    H. Tomaso, S. Al Dahouk, H. C. Scholz & H. Neubauer

  2. Military Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    G. Mooseder

  3. Laboratory Dr. Quade, Cologne, Germany

    C. Bartling

  4. Federal Ministry of Health and Women, Vienna, Austria

    R. Strauss

  5. Military Medical Training School, Vienna, Austria

    T. M. Treu

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Tomaso, H., Mooseder, G., Dahouk, S.A. et al. Seroprevalence of Anti-Yersinia Antibodies in Healthy Austrians. Eur J Epidemiol 21, 77–81 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-005-5047-z

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