Shigella Infections in Household Contacts of Pediatric Shigellosis Patients in Rural Bangladesh

To examine rates of Shigella infections in household contacts of pediatric shigellosis patients, we followed contacts and controls prospectively for 1 week after the index patient obtained care. Household contacts of patients were 44 times more likely to develop a Shigella infection than were contro...

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Autores principales: George, Christine Marie, Ahmed, Shahnawaz, Talukder, Kaisar A., Azmi, Ishrat J., Perin, Jamie, Sack, R. Bradley, Sack, David A, Stine, O. Colin, Oldja, Lauren, Shahnaij, Mohammad, Chakraborty, Subhra, Parvin, Tahmina, Bhuyian, Sazzadul Islam, Bouwer, Edward, Zhang, Xiaotong, Hasan, Trisheeta N., Luna, Sharmin J., Akter, Fatema, Faruque, Abu S.G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26484778
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.150333

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