Housefly population density correlates with shigellosis among children in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: a time series analysis.

BACKGROUND: Shigella infections are a public health problem in developing and transitional countries because of high transmissibility, severity of clinical disease, widespread antibiotic resistance and lack of a licensed vaccine. Whereas Shigellae are known to be transmitted primarily by direct feca...

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Main Authors: Tamer H Farag, Abu S Faruque, Yukun Wu, Sumon K Das, Anowar Hossain, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Dilruba Ahmed, Dilruba Nasrin, Karen L Kotloff, Sandra Panchilangam, James P Nataro, Dani Cohen, William C Blackwelder, Myron M Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3688559?pdf=render