A multicentre study of Shigella diarrhoea in six Asian countries: disease burden, clinical manifestations, and microbiology.

A multicentre study of Shigella diarrhoea in six Asian countries: disease burden, clinical manifestations, and microbiology.

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 intervention strategies in Asia. We conducted a...

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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-09-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1564174?pdf=render

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