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Shigella dysentery and shigella infections

Author(s) -

M. Lichnevski

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

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

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