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[3] [4] During infection, it typically causes dysentery. [5] Shigella is a leading cause of bacterial diarrhea worldwide, with 80–165 million annual cases (estimated) [6] and 74,000 to 600,000 deaths. [6] [7] It is one of the top four pathogens that cause moderate-to-severe diarrhea in African and South Asian children. [8]
Shigellosis (Historically the disease usually referred to as Dysentery) is an infection of the intestines caused by Shigella bacteria. [1][3] Symptoms generally start one to two days after exposure and include diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain, and feeling the need to pass stools even when the bowels are empty. [1]
Shigella dysenteriae is a species of the rod-shaped bacterial genus Shigella. [ 1 ]Shigella species can cause shigellosis (bacillary dysentery). Shigellae are Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile bacteria. [ 2 ]S. dysenteriae has the ability to invade and replicate in various species of epithelial cells and ...
A shigella infection can cause bloody diarrhea, fever and stomach pain, among other symptoms, making this an illness no one wants to have. A shigella infection can cause bloody diarrhea, fever and ...
The term is usually restricted to Shigella infections. [2] Shigellosis is caused by one of several types of Shigella bacteria. [3] Three species are associated with bacillary dysentery: Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri and Shigella dysenteriae. [4] A study in China indicated that Shigella flexneri 2a was the most common serotype. [5]
Shigella, which can spread through contaminated food or close contact with an infected person, typically causes symptoms one to two days after exposure. The illness usually lasts five to seven ...
Shigella can be more severe in apes, the zoo said, because they might have a harder time fighting off the infection. By the time Bulera died, other apes were experiencing symptoms because of ...
For example, Shigella is a longstanding World Health Organization (WHO) target for vaccine development, and sharp declines in age-specific diarrhea/dysentery attack rates for this pathogen indicate that natural immunity does develop following exposure; thus, vaccination to prevent this disease should be feasible. The development of vaccines ...