Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8746920 | Journal of Infection and Public Health | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A hospital-based surveillance of shigellosis was conducted in Taiyuan from 2005 to 2015. A total of 2655 stool cultures were collected from patients with diarrhea, 115 were identified as S. flexneri and 107 were S. sonnei. The highest infection rates were found among children under 5 years of age (34.2 %), and during the summer (61.0 %). âSix serotypes were identified among S. flexneriisolates:1a, 2a, 2b, Xv, X and Y. Serotype 2a and Xv were the dominant serotypes in two periods, 2012-2015 and 2005-2008, respectively. High shigellosis rates over the past decade highlight shigellosis is still a major public health problem in Taiyuan.
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Authors
Lifeng Zhao, Yanwen Xiong, Dequan Meng, Jiane Guo, Yiping Li, Lirong Liang, Rui Han, Yanqin Wang, Xiaofang Guo, Rui Wang, Ladi Zhang, Li Gao, Jitao Wang,