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Genomic analysis of the emergence of 20th century epidemic dysentery
BACKGROUND: Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1) causes recurrent epidemics of dysentery associated with high mortality in many regions of the world. Sd1 infects humans at very low infectious doses (10 CFU), and treatment is complicated by the rapid emergence of antibiotic resistant Sd1 strains. Sd1 is...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4038718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886041 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-355 |