Seasonal and geographical distribution of bacillary dysentery (shigellosis) and associated climate risk factors in Kon Tum Province in Vietnam from 1999 to 2013

• Main Authors: Hu Suk Lee (Author), T. T. Ha Hoang (Author), Phuc Pham-Duc (Author), Mihye Lee (Author), Delia Grace (Author), Dac Cam Phung (Author), Vu Minh Thuc (Author), Hung Nguyen-Viet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bacillary dysentery (BD) is an acute bacterial infection of the intestine caused by Shigella spp., with clinical symptoms ranging from fever to bloody diarrhoea to abdominal cramps to tenesmus. In Vietnam, enteric bacterial pathogens are an important cause of diarrhoea and most c...