Other Human Disease, Foodborne Illness — Worldwide/Unknown
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has been notified by Environmental Science and Research of a cluster of human illnesses linked to the bacterium _Yersinia pseudotuberculosis_.
While cases are reported each year, there has been an increase in cases, mainly in Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland, but reports have also come from the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Hawkes Bay, and Otago/Southland. There is a total of 101 confirmed cases and 41 presumptive (suspected but yet to be confirmed)
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