An 11-year study of shigellosis and Shigella species in Taiyuan, China: Active surveillance, epidemic characteristics, and molecular serotyping

• Hauptverfasser: Lifeng Zhao (Verfasst von), Yanwen Xiong (Verfasst von), Dequan Meng (Verfasst von), Jiane Guo (Verfasst von), Yiping Li (Verfasst von), Lirong Liang (Verfasst von), Rui Han (Verfasst von), Yanqin Wang (Verfasst von), Xiaofang Guo (Verfasst von), Rui Wang (Verfasst von), Ladi Zhang (Verfasst von), Li Gao (Verfasst von), Jitao Wang (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Elsevier, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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A hospital-based surveillance of shigellosis was conducted in Taiyuan from 2005 to 2015. A total of 2655 stool cultures were collected from patients with diarrhea, 115 were identified as S. flexneri and 107 were S. sonnei. The highest infection rates were found among children under 5 years of age (3...