Trend and disease burden of bacillary dysentery in China (1991-2000)

• Main Authors: Xuan-yi Wang (Author), Fangbiao Tao (Author), Donglou Xiao (Author), Hyejon Lee (Author), Jacqueline Deen (Author), Jian Gong (Author), Yuliang Zhao (Author), Weizhong Zhou (Author), Weiming Li (Author), Bing Shen (Author), Yang Song (Author), Jianming Ma (Author), Zheng-mao Li (Author), Zijun Wang (Author), Pu-yu Su (Author), Nayoon Chang (Author), Jun-hong Xu (Author), Pei-ying Ouyang (Author), Lorenz von Seidlein (Author), Zhi-yi Xu (Author), John D Clemens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2006-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the burden of bacillary dysentery in China, its cross-regional variations, trends in morbidity and mortality, the causative bacterial species and antimicrobial resistance patterns. METHODS: We extracted and integrated governmental statistics and relevant medical lite...