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Prediction of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Geographical Distribution of Dysentery in Iran

Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies, 2022
Dysentery is a water- and food-borne infectious disease and its incidence is sensitive to climate change. Although the impact of climate change on dysentery is being studied in specific areas, a study in Iran is lacking.
Giti BAHRAMI, Homeira SAJADI, Hassan RAFIEE, Mehdi NOROUZI, Alireza SHAKIBA   +4 more
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Species-wide whole genome sequencing reveals historical global spread and recent local persistence in Shigella flexneri

eLife, 2015
Shigella flexneri is the most common cause of bacterial dysentery in low-income countries. Despite this, S. flexneri remains largely unexplored from a genomic standpoint and is still described using a vocabulary based on serotyping reactions developed ...
Thomas R Connor, Clare R Barker, Kate S Baker, François-Xavier Weill, Kaisar Ali Talukder, Anthony M Smith, Stephen Baker, Malika Gouali, Duy Pham Thanh, Ishrat Jahan Azmi, Wanderley Dias da Silveira, Torsten Semmler, Lothar H Wieler, Claire Jenkins, Alejandro Cravioto, Shah M Faruque, Julian Parkhill, Dong Wook Kim, Karen H Keddy, Nicholas R Thomson   +19 more
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Critical role of bacterial dissemination in an infant rabbit model of bacillary dysentery

Nature Communications, 2019
The bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri causes 270 million cases of bacillary dysentery (blood in stool) worldwide every year, resulting in more than 200,000 deaths.
Lauren K. Yum, M. Byndloss, S. Feldman, H. Agaisse   +3 more
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Diagnostic value of serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in discriminating between bacterial and nonbacterial colitis: a retrospective study [PDF]

Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science, 2023
Background Differentiating between bacterial and nonbacterial colitis remains a challenge. We aimed to evaluate the value of serum procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in differentiating between bacterial and nonbacterial colitis.
Jae Yong Lee, So Yeon Lee, Yoo Jin Lee, Jin Wook Lee, Jeong Seok Kim, Ju Yup Lee, Byoung Kuk Jang, Woo Jin Chung, Kwang Bum Cho, Jae Seok Hwang   +9 more
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The emergence of amoebic dysentery mimicking COVID-19: A human case report from Iran

Journal of Current Biomedical Reports, 2023
Identical symptoms of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) with infectious and non-infectious disease have become challenging issue for health professions.
Aref Teimouri, Reza Saberi, Fatemeh Goudarzi, Mohammad Saleh Bahreini, Mohammad Javad Abbaszadeh Afshar   +4 more
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Organization of Preventive Vaccination against Dysentery under Conditions of Critical Emergencies Caused by Flood (Using the Example of Khabarovsk Territory)

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2016
Aim: epidemiological zoning of the territory of Khabarovsk region that was conducted in accordance with levels of potential epidemic risk regarding dysentery in order to specify the priority of vaccination measures and non-specific prophylaxis of the ...
T. A. Zaitseva, O. E. Trotsenko, S. V. Balakhonov, Yu. A. Garbuz, T. V. Korita, A. P. Bondarenko, T. N. Karavyanskaya   +6 more
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Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2α Kinases Regulate Virulence Functions, Stage Conversion, and the Stress Response in Entamoeba invadens

mSphere, 2022
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite that causes amoebic dysentery and liver abscess. This pathogen possesses a two-stage life cycle consisting of an environmentally stable cyst and a pathogenic amoeboid trophozoite.
Heather A. Walters, Brenda H. Welter, Harrison C. Moss, Martha A. Villano, Ronny Orobio-Hurtado, William J. Sullivan, Lesly A. Temesvari   +6 more
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The other Campylobacters: Not innocent bystanders in endemic diarrhea and dysentery in children in low-income settings

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Background Campylobacter is one of the main causes of gastroenteritis worldwide. Most of the current knowledge about the epidemiology of this food-borne infection concerns two species, C. coli and C. jejuni.
Ruthly François, P. Yori, Saba Rouhani, Mery Siguas Salas, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Dixner Rengifo Trigoso, N. Pisanic, Rosa Burga, R. Meza, Graciela Meza Sánchez, M. Gregory, E. Houpt, J. Platts-Mills, M. Kosek   +13 more
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Modelling the dynamics of direct and pathogens-induced dysentery diarrhoea epidemic with controls

Journal of Biological Dynamics, 2019
In this paper, the dysentery dynamics model with controls is theoretically investigated using the stability theory of differential equations. The system is considered as SIRSB deterministic compartmental model with treatment and sanitation.
Hailay Weldegiorgis Berhe, O. Makinde, D. Theuri   +2 more
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The Struggle Against Acute Enteric Infections Among Children in Soviet Russia (1930-1940)

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2021
The results of a historical and medical study reflecting the issues of combating dysentery and other acute enteric infections among the children in Soviet Russia during the 1930-1940 period are presented in this article.
Valery Yu. Albitskiy, Stella A. Sher
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