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Co-circulation of Multidrug-resistant Shigella Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia
Author(s) -
Danielle J. Ingle,
Marion Easton,
Mary Valcanis,
Torsten Seemann,
Jason C. Kwong,
Nicola Stephens,
Glen P. Carter,
Anders Gonçalves da Silva,
James Adamopoulos,
Sarah L. Baines,
Kathryn E. Holt,
Eric P. F. Chow,
Christopher K. Fairley,
Marcus Y. Chen,
Martyn Kirk,
Benjamin P. Howden,
Deborah A. Williamson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz005
Subject(s) - shigellosis , shigella , men who have sex with men , antibiotic resistance , shigella flexneri , medicine , population , azithromycin , epidemiology , molecular epidemiology , multiple drug resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , drug resistance , virology , environmental health , antibiotics , genetics , genotype , salmonella , syphilis , escherichia coli , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , bacteria , gene
In urban Australia, the burden of shigellosis is either in returning travelers from shigellosis-endemic regions or in men who have sex with men (MSM). Here, we combine genomic data with comprehensive epidemiological data on sexual exposure and travel to describe the spread of multidrug-resistant Shigella lineages.

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