Laboratory-confirmed shigellosis in the United States, 1989-2002: Epidemiologic trends and patterns

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1372-1377

  Gupta, Amita ^a,c   Polyak, Christina S ^a   Bishop, Richard D ^b   Sobel, Jeremy ^a   Mintz, Eric D ^a,d  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; UNITED STATES;

DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442705219     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386326     Document Type: Article

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