Shigellosis Linked to Sex Venues, Australia

From January 1 to July 31, 2000, 148 cases of Shigella infection were reported in New South Wales, Australia, compared with an annual average of 95 cases. Of reported cases, 83% were confirmed as Shigella sonnei biotype G infections; 80% were in homosexual men. Visiting a sex venue in the 2 weeks be...

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Autores principales: O'Sullivan, Belinda, Delpech, Valerie, Pontivivo, Giulietta, Karagiannis, Thomas, Marriott, Debbie, Harkness, John, McAnulty, Jeremy M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12141976
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0808.010534
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author O'Sullivan, Belinda
Delpech, Valerie
Pontivivo, Giulietta
Karagiannis, Thomas
Marriott, Debbie
Harkness, John
McAnulty, Jeremy M.
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description From January 1 to July 31, 2000, 148 cases of Shigella infection were reported in New South Wales, Australia, compared with an annual average of 95 cases. Of reported cases, 83% were confirmed as Shigella sonnei biotype G infections; 80% were in homosexual men. Visiting a sex venue in the 2 weeks before onset of illness was the only factor significantly associated with shigellosis.
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spelling pubmed-27325162009-09-16 Shigellosis Linked to Sex Venues, Australia O'Sullivan, Belinda Delpech, Valerie Pontivivo, Giulietta Karagiannis, Thomas Marriott, Debbie Harkness, John McAnulty, Jeremy M. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch From January 1 to July 31, 2000, 148 cases of Shigella infection were reported in New South Wales, Australia, compared with an annual average of 95 cases. Of reported cases, 83% were confirmed as Shigella sonnei biotype G infections; 80% were in homosexual men. Visiting a sex venue in the 2 weeks before onset of illness was the only factor significantly associated with shigellosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2732516/ /pubmed/12141976 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0808.010534 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Shigellosis Linked to Sex Venues, Australia
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