Global distribution of Shigella sonnei clones

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1910-1912

  Filliol Toutain, Ingrid ^a   Chiou, Chien Shun ^b,c   Mammina, Caterina ^d   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^e   Thong, Kwai Lin ^f   Phung, Dac Cam ^g   Pichel, Mariana ^h   Ranjbar, Reza ⁱ   Sow, Amy Gassama ^j   Cooper, Kara ^e   Ribot, Efrain ^e   Binsztein, Norma ^h   Liang, Shiu Yun ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

ⁱ BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^j INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 84930475226     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1710.101486     Document Type: Article

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