A Look Back at an Ongoing Problem: Shigella dysenteriae Type 1 Epidemics in Refugee Settings in Central Africa (1993–1995)

BACKGROUND: Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1) is a cause of major dysentery outbreaks, particularly among children and displaced populations in tropical countries. Although outbreaks continue, the characteristics of such outbreaks have rarely been documented. Here, we describe the Sd1 outbreaks occu...

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Autores principales: Kernéis, Solen, Guerin, Philippe J., von Seidlein, Lorenz, Legros, Dominique, Grais, Rebecca F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19214226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004494

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