Open AccessShigella dysentery and shigella infections
Author(s) -
M. Lichnevski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eastern mediterranean health journal/eastern mediterranean health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1687-1634
pISSN - 1020-3397
DOI - 10.26719/1996.2.1.102
Subject(s) - dysentery , shigella , shigella dysenteriae , bacillary dysentery , shigella boydii , medicine , shigella sonnei , malnutrition , case fatality rate , shigellosis , environmental health , microbiology and biotechnology , salmonella , biology , bacteria , population , escherichia coli , biochemistry , genetics , gene
In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, dysentery is recognized as one of the major causes of persistent diarrhoea and malnutrition. The latest estimates amount to about a million total shigella cases annually with approximately 40 000 deaths [an average of 4% case fatality rate]. This paper discusses the role of food and water in this major health problem as well as antimicrobial treatment of shigella dysentery;preparedness;and control of epidemics due to shigella