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A Study of Shigellosis Bacteria disease Model with Awareness Effects

Ibn Al-Haitham Journal for Pure and Applied Sciences, 2021
In this paper, a mathematical model is proposed and studied to describe the spread of shigellosis disease in the population community. We consider it divided into four classes namely: the 1st class consists of  unaware susceptible individuals, 2nd class ...
Watheq Ibrahim Jasim, Hassan Fadhil AL-Husseiny   +1 more
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Shigella flexneri vaccine development: Oral administration of peptides derived from the 49.8 kDa pili protein subunit activates the intestinal immune response in mice [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2022
Background and Aim: The morbidity and mortality of Shigella infections remain a global challenge. Epitope-based vaccine development is an emerging strategy to prevent bacterial invasion.
Khoirul Anam, Agustina Tri Endharti, Sri Poeranto, Hidayat Sujuti, Dwi Yuni Nur Hidayati, Sumarno Reto Prawiro   +5 more
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A review of the public health management of shigellosis in Australia in the era of culture‐independent diagnostic testing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objective: To review the national case definition for shigellosis following the introduction of culture independent diagnostic testing by clinical laboratories and provide evidence to reform jurisdictional public health practices for the management ...
Alex Y.C. Tai, Marion Easton, Jess Encena, Jessica Rotty, Mary Valcanis, Benjamin P. Howden, Simon Slota‐Kan, Joy Gregory   +7 more
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Changing epidemiology of shigellosis in Taiwan, 2010-2019: an emerging threat to HIV-infected patients and men who have sex with men

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022
Shigellosis appears to increase in certain at-risk populations in developed countries. Based on the nationwide surveillance, the annual incidence of shigellosis in Taiwan (1999-2019) was 0.38-5.77 cases per 100,000 people.
Chin-Shiang Tsai, Kuan-Yin Lin, Bo-Huang Liou, Chien-Shun Chiou, Yi-Chun Lin, Yuan-Ti Lee, Chia-Jui Yang, Hung-Jen Tang, Ying-Shu Liao, Chun-Eng Liu, Chen-Hsiang Lee, Po-Liang Lu, Sung-Hsi Huang, Chien-Ching Hung, Wen-Chien Ko, on behalf of the Taiwan HIV Study Group   +15 more
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A multicentre study of Shigella diarrhoea in six Asian countries: disease burden, clinical manifestations, and microbiology. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2006
The burden of shigellosis is greatest in resource-poor countries. Although this diarrheal disease has been thought to cause considerable morbidity and mortality in excess of 1,000,000 deaths globally per year, little recent data are available to guide ...
Lorenz von Seidlein, Deok Ryun Kim, Mohammad Ali, Hyejon Lee, Xuanyi Wang, Vu Dinh Thiem, Do Gia Canh, Wanpen Chaicumpa, Magdarina D Agtini, Anowar Hossain, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Carl Mason, Ornthipa Sethabutr, Kaisar Talukder, G B Nair, Jacqueline L Deen, Karen Kotloff, John Clemens   +17 more
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FactSheet: Shigellosis [PDF]

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2002
Shigellosis is a bacterial disease caused by infection with Shigella bacteria. Shigellosis can affect anyone; however, children, people with poor immune systems, and the elderly are at the greatest risk.
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Elevated Risk for Antimicrobial Drug–Resistant Shigella Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men, United States, 2011–2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Shigella spp. cause ≈500,000 illnesses in the United States annually, and resistance to ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, and azithromycin is emerging. We investigated associations between transmission route and antimicrobial resistance among US shigellosis ...
Anna Bowen, Julian Grass, Amelia Bicknese, Davina Campbell, Jacqueline Hurd, Robert D. Kirkcaldy   +5 more
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Hemorrhagic colitis syndrome in children: the etiological structure in the infectious diseases clinic

Детские инфекции (Москва), 2021
The range of differential diagnostic search in the development of hemorrhagic colitis (hemocolitis) is wide enough and includes infectious and non-infectious factors.
O. V. Molochkova, O. B. Kovalev, O. V. Shamsheva, A. A. Sakharova, N. V. Sokolova, E. V. Galeeva, A. A. Korsunsky, N. V. Davidenko   +7 more
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Fulminant Shigellosis in a HIV Patient

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2015
Infectious enterocolitis caused by shigella is usually self-limiting and seldom requires antibiotics treatment. It is uncommon to develop fulminant shigellosis requiring surgery.
Siang Mei Sally Ooi
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Investigation of key interventions for shigellosis outbreak control in China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Shigellosis is a major public health concern in China, where waterborne disease outbreaks are common. Shigellosis-containing strategies, mostly single or multiple interventions, are implemented by primary-level health departments.
Tianmu Chen, Ross Ka-Kit Leung, Zi Zhou, Ruchun Liu, Xixing Zhang, Lijie Zhang   +5 more
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