Laboratory-confirmed shigellosis in the United States, 1989-2002: epidemiologic trends and patterns
Gupta A;Polyak CS;Bishop RD;Sobel J;Mintz ED;;
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2004Vol. 38pp. -
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Abstract
During 1989-2002, a total of 208,368 laboratory-confirmed Shigella infections were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Shigella sonnei accounted for 71.7%, Shigella flexneri accounted for 18.4%, Shigella boydii accounted for 1.6%, and Shigella dysenteriae accounted for 0.7% o …