Shigella infections in household contacts of pediatric shigellosis patients in rural Bangladesh

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2006-2013

  George, Christine Marie ^a   Ahmed, Shahnawaz ^b   Talukder, Kaisar A ^b   Azmi, Ishrat J ^b   Perin, Jamie ^a   Sack, R Bradley ^a   Sack, David A ^a   Stine, O Colin ^c   Oldja, Lauren ^a   Shahnaij, Mohammad ^b   Chakraborty, Subhra ^a   Parvin, Tahmina ^b   Bhuyian, Sazzadul Islam ^b   Bouwer, Edward ^a   Zhang, Xiaotong ^a   Hasan, Trisheeta N ^b   Luna, Sharmin J ^b   Akter, Fatema ^b   Faruque, Abu S G ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Icddbb   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SHIGELLA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84944576911     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2111.150333     Document Type: Article

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