Editing Yersinia (section)

==Pathogenesis==
''Y. pestis'' is the causative agent of [[Plague (disease)|plague]]. The disease caused by ''[[Yersinia enterocolitica|Y. enterocolitica]]'' is called [[yersiniosis]].

''Yersinia'' may be associated with [[Crohn's disease]], an inflammatory autoimmune condition of the gut. Iranian people with Crohn's disease were more likely to have had earlier exposure to refrigerators at home,<ref name="ibs-fridge">{{Cite journal
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}}</ref> consistent with its unusual ability to thrive at low temperatures.

''Yersinia'' is implicated as one of the causes of [[reactive arthritis]] worldwide.<ref>{{cite journal| last1 = Nikkari | year = 1992 | first1 = S.| last2 = Merilahti-Palo | first2 = R.| last3 = Saario | first3 = R.| last4 = Söderstrom | first4 = K. O.| last5 = Granfors | first5 = K.| last6 = Skurnik | first6 = M.| last7 = Toivanen | first7 = P. | title = ''Yersinia''-triggered reactive arthritis. use of polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemical staining in the detection of bacterial components from synovial specimens | journal = Arthritis & Rheumatism  | volume = 35 | issue = 6 | pages = 682–687 | doi = 10.1002/art.1780350613 | pmid = 1599522 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

Also, the genus is associated with [[pseudoappendicitis]], which is an incorrect diagnosis of appendicitis due to a similar presentation.<ref>{{cite web | title = EMedicine | url = http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/970186-overview | access-date = 2010-07-22}}</ref>