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High levels of domestic transmission and drug resistance –analysis of national surveillance data for shigellosis, the Netherlands, 2018 to 2024 [PDF]
EurosurveillanceBACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among Shigella species is increasing, which is concerning. Strengthening surveillance is key to obtaining accurate, timely and actionable data on shigellosis.
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Antimicrobial resistance against shigellosis is increasingly alarming. However, evidence-based knowledge gaps regarding the changing trends of shigellosis in Bangladesh exist due to the scarcity of longitudinal data on antimicrobial resistance. Our study
Mohammod Jobayer Chisti +2 more
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LancetShigella is a Gram-negative, facultative intracellular, gastric acid-resistant bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, which includes four serogroups: Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri, and Shigella boydii. Globally, shigellosis is the most common cause of invasive bloody diarrhoea in children younger than 5 years. Humans are
Samandari T, Okafor CN.
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The changing epidemiology of shigellosis in Australia, 2001–2019
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 Shigellosis is an increasing cause of gastroenteritis in Australia, with prolonged outbreaks reported in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter "First Nations") communities and among men who have sex with men (MSM) in major cities.
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Shigella causes approximately 500,000 illnesses, 6000 hospitalizations, and 40 deaths in the United States annually, but incidence and populations at risk for severe shigellosis among adults are unclear. This study describes severe shigellosis
Lindsey S. McCrickard +3 more
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Nursing, 2016 Shigellosis is one of the major causes of diarrhoea in India. The accurate estimates of morbidity and mortality due to shigellosis are lacking, though it is endemic in the country and has been reported to cause many outbreaks. The limited information available indicates Shigella to be an important food-borne pathogen in India.
Taneja, Neelam, Mewara, Abhishek
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BMC Primary Care, 2023 Background Shigellosis is an acute diarrheal disease transmitted through contaminated food, water, objects, poor hand hygiene, or sexual activity. Healthcare providers (HCP) may not be aware of the multiple routes of Shigella transmission, populations at
Julia C. Haston +6 more
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NAIP–NLRC4-deficient mice are susceptible to shigellosis
eLife, 2020 Bacteria of the genus Shigella cause shigellosis, a severe gastrointestinal disease that is a major cause of diarrhea-associated mortality in humans. Mice are highly resistant to Shigella and the lack of a tractable physiological model of shigellosis has
Patrick S Mitchell +8 more
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Shigella storm and men who have sex with men: A perspective on the Indian context
Indian Journal of Public Health, 2023 Shigellosis is one of the driving factors for extrahepatic manifestations of sexually transmitted Hepatitis-C infection, which was previously thought to affect only men who have sex with men (MSM) who were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive ...
Dhruva Nandi +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Shigellaa Gram-negative, non-motile bacillus, is the primary causative agent of the infectious disease shigellosis, which kills 1.1 million people worldwideevery year. The children under the age of five are primarily the victims of this disease.
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