Irene K. Wesley, DrPH, is a microbiologist and lead scientist at the Preharvest Food Safety and Enteric Diseases Research Unit, USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, in Ames, Iowa.
Yersinia enterocolitica is a major human foodborne pathogen which causes approximately 87,000 human cases and approximately 1,100 hospitalizations each year in the United States. It is estimated that only one