Infrequent cross-transmission of Shigella flexneri 2a strains among villages of a mountainous township in Taiwan with endemic shigellosis

BACKGROUND: Shigellosis is rare in Taiwan, with an average annual incidence rate of 1.68 cases per 100,000 persons in 2000–2007. However, the incidence rate for a mountainous township in eastern Taiwan, Zhuoxi, is 60.2 times the average rate for the entire country. Traveling between Zhuoxi’s 6 villa...

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Autores principales: Ko, Ching-Fen, Lin, Nien-Tsung, Chiou, Chien-Shun, Wang, Li-Yu, Liu, Ming-Ching, Yang, Chiou-Ying, Lee, Yeong-Sheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23899288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-354

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23899288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-354

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