Shigellosis: an old disease in new clothes?

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Review

Philippe J Sansonetti. PLoS Med. 2006 Sep.

. 2006 Sep;3(9):e354.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030354.

¹ Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Unité INSERM 786, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. psanson@pasteur.fr

Abstract

Sansonetti discusses a "landmark" study of the epidemiology of shigellosis, involving over 600,000 people of all ages in six Asian countries.

Competing Interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

A multicentre study of Shigella diarrhoea in six Asian countries: disease burden, clinical manifestations, and microbiology.
von Seidlein L, Kim DR, Ali M, Lee H, Wang X, Thiem VD, Canh DG, Chaicumpa W, Agtini MD, Hossain A, Bhutta ZA, Mason C, Sethabutr O, Talukder K, Nair GB, Deen JL, Kotloff K, Clemens J. von Seidlein L, et al. PLoS Med. 2006 Sep;3(9):e353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030353. PLoS Med. 2006. PMID: 16968124 Free PMC article.

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