Use of a Culture-Independent Gastrointestinal Multiplex PCR Panel during a Shigellosis Outbreak: Considerations for Clinical Laboratories and Public Health | Zendy

Vittal P. Prakash | Zendy; Lindsay LeBlanc | Zendy; Nicole AlexanderScott | Zendy; Jaclyn Skidmore | Zendy; Deanna Simmons | Zendy; Daniela N. Quilliam | Zendy; Kimberle C. Chapin | Zendy

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Use of a Culture-Independent Gastrointestinal Multiplex PCR Panel during a Shigellosis Outbreak: Considerations for Clinical Laboratories and Public Health

Author(s) -

Vittal P. Prakash,

Lindsay LeBlanc,

Nicole AlexanderScott,

Jaclyn Skidmore,

Deanna Simmons,

Daniela N. Quilliam,

Kimberle C. Chapin

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.03374-14

Subject(s) - shigellosis , outbreak , public health , multiplex , virology , shigella , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , polymerase chain reaction , bacteria , bioinformatics , pathology , genetics , salmonella , gene

Shigella is estimated to cause nearly 500,000 infections annually in the United States ([1][1]). This estimate for the nationally notifiable disease is much higher than the actual 7,746 laboratory-confirmed cases of Shigella reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by state

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