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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 +17 more
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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 +5 more
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mSphere, 2023 Shigella is one of the leading causes of diarrheal disease in low-to-middle income countries, where it accounts for significant disease burden in children under the age of five. Shigella flexneri, one of four Shigella species, is composed of 15 serotypes
Caitlin E. Gabor +4 more
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An Oral Inoculation Infant Rabbit Model for
mBio, 2020 Shigella species cause diarrheal disease globally. Shigellosis is typically characterized by bloody stools and colitis with mucosal damage and is the leading bacterial cause of diarrheal death worldwide.
Carole J. Kuehl +3 more
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Molecules, 2023 Shigellosis is a serious foodborne diarrheal disease caused by the Shigella species. It is a critical global health issue. In developing countries, shigellosis causes most of the mortality in children below 5 years of age.
Sudha Angamuthu +9 more
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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 +5 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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The Shigella Vaccines Pipeline
Vaccines, 2022 Shigella is the leading cause of global diarrheal deaths that currently lacks a licensed vaccine. Shigellosis drives antimicrobial resistance and leads to economic impact through linear growth faltering.
Calman Alexander MacLennan +3 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Plants, like humans, have a microbiome that helps them grow, defend themselves against pathogens, acquire nutrients, and protect themselves against environmental stresses. The microbiome of tomatoes, a staple crop grown worldwide, could be utilized not only to reduce fertilizer and pesticide applications, but also to clean up harmful pollutants ...
Sean Lindert +3 more
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HIV Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Objectives In England, HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was routinely commissioned at sexual health services from 2020. We compared PrEP use and unmet need among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in London before (2019) and during (2022) routinely commissioned PrEP and the factors associated with its use.
Flavien Coukan +7 more
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