The epidemiology of S. sonnei and S. flexneri in Pima County, Arizona: an exploratory study. | Zendy

S.C. McCombie | Zendy; Danielle Funk | Zendy; J A Browning | Zendy; Philip Nolan | Zendy

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The epidemiology of S. sonnei and S. flexneri in Pima County, Arizona: an exploratory study.

Author(s) -

S.C. McCombie,

Danielle Funk,

J A Browning,

Philip Nolan

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.9.1227

Subject(s) - shigellosis , epidemiology , environmental health , medicine , demography , public health , shigella flexneri , gerontology , geography , shigella , biology , biochemistry , nursing , escherichia coli , sociology , gene

Investigation of 189 cases of shigellosis reported to the Pima County, Arizona Health Department in 1986 revealed that 23 per cent of cases could be attributed to travel to Mexico, and 10 per cent to day care attendees and their household contacts. No source of infection or high-risk activity could be demonstrated for 43 per cent of the cases. Households in which S. flexneri occurred were more likely to be characterized by crowded living situations and to have no known source of infection.

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