Intensified shigellosis epidemic associated with sexual transmission in men who have sex with men - Shigella fexneri and s. Sonnei in England, 2004 to end of February 2015

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1-5

  Simms, I ^a   Field, N ^a,b   Jenkins, C ^a   Childs, T ^a   Gilbart, V L ^a   Dallman, T J ^a   Mook, P ^a   Crook, P D ^a   Hughes, G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMICS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928402373     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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