Epidemiological characteristics and transmissibility of shigellosis in Hubei Province, China, 2005 – 2017

Epidemiological characteristics and transmissibility of shigellosis in Hubei Province, China, 2005 – 2017

Abstract Background Shigellosis is one of the main diarrhea diseases in developing countries. However, the transmissibility of shigellosis remains unclear. Methods We used the dataset of shigellosis cases reported between January 2005 and December 2017, from Hubei Province, China. A mathematical mod...

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Main Authors: Qi Chen, Jia Rui, Qingqing Hu, Ying Peng, Hao Zhang, Zeyu Zhao, Yeqing Tong, Yang Wu, Yanhua Su, Benhua Zhao, Xuhua Guan, Tianmu Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Shigellosis
Transmissibility
Effective reproduction number
Mathematical model
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-04976-x

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