Shifting dominance of Shigella species in men who have sex with men

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2082-2086

  Ratnayake, R ^a,b   Allard, R ^b,c   Pilon, P A ^b,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Montreal Health and Social Services Agency   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Men who have sex with men; outbreak; Shigella; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CANADA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TREND STUDY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TRAVEL;

EID: 84869398366     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000738     Document Type: Article

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