Estimating the burden of shigellosis in Thailand: 36-month population-based surveillance study

OBJECTIVE: To estimate incidence of shigellosis in the Kaengkhoi district, Saraburi Province, Thailand. METHODS: Population-based surveillance of shigellosis based in treatment centres. The detected rates of treated shigellosis were corrected for the number of cases missed due to the low sensitivity...

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Published in:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Main Authors:	Pornthip Chompook, Seksun Samosornsuk, Lorenz von Seidlein, Supot Jitsanguansuk, Nunta Sirima, Sanit Sudjai, Prasitchai Mangjit, Deok Ryun Kim, Jeremy G. Wheeler, Jim Todd, Hyejon Lee, Mohammad Ali, John Clemens, Pramuan Tapchaisri, Wanpen Chaicumpa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The World Health Organization 2005-10-01
Subjects:	Disentería bacilar Diarrea Vigilancia epidemiológica Shigella Shigella flexneri Shigella sonnei Resistencia microbiana a las drogas Instituciones de salud Aceptación de la atención de salud Estudios epidemiológicos Tailandia
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862005001000010&lng=en&tlng=en