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

• Main Authors: Lifeng Zhao (Author), Yanwen Xiong (Author), Dequan Meng (Author), Jiane Guo (Author), Yiping Li (Author), Lirong Liang (Author), Rui Han (Author), Yanqin Wang (Author), Xiaofang Guo (Author), Rui Wang (Author), Ladi Zhang (Author), Li Gao (Author), Jitao Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...