Pilar Ortiz Martinez

Degree, title:	LVM, Doctoral student/jatko-opiskelja
Organization/department:	Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health/Elintarvikehygienian ja Ympäristöterveyden Osasto. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/Eläinlääketieteellisen tiedekunta
Main research areas (key words):	Enteropathogenic Yersinia spp. or Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis/Enteropatogeenisia Yersinia spp. tai Y. enterocolitica ja Y. pseudotuberculosis. Pigs/siat. Pork/sian liha.

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1. Molecular epidemiology of enteropathogenic Yersinia

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Publications:

Laukkanen, R., Ortiz Martínez, P., Siekkinen K.-M., Ranta, J., Maijala, R., and Korkeala, H. Transmission of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in the pork production chain from farm to slaughterhouse. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008; 74:5444-5450.
Laukkanen, R., Ortiz Martínez, P., Siekkinen K.-M., Ranta, J., Maijala, R., and Korkeala, H. Contamination of carcasses with human pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica originates from pigs infected on farms. Foodborne Pathog. Dis. 2009; 6:681-688.
Ortiz Martínez, P., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., Sokolova, Y., Roasto, M., Berzins, A., and Korkeala, H. High prevalence of enteropathogenic Yersinia in Estonian, Latvian and Russian (Leningrad Region) pigs. Foodborne Pathog. Dis. 2009; 6:719-724.
Okwori, A. E., Ortiz Martínez, P., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., Agina, S. E., and Korkeala, H. Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica 2/O:9 and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 1/O:1 strains isolated from human and non-human sources in Nigeria show low genetic diversity. Food Microbiol. 2009; 26: 872-875.
Ortiz Martínez, P., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., Pallotti, A., Rosmini, R., Houf,K., and Korkeala, H. Variation in the prevalence of enteropathogenic Yersinia in slaughter pigs from Belgium, Italy, and Spain. Foodborne Pathog. Dis. 2010; Epub ahead of print.
Ortiz Martínez, P., Mylona, S., Drake, I., Fredriksson-Ahomaa, M., Korkeala, H.,and Corry, J. E. L. Wide variety of bioserotypes of enteropathogenic Yersinia in tonsils of English pigs at slaughter. 2010. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 139: 64-69.

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