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A zoo in Florida is mourning the death of three of its primates, who died from shigella. Within days, the bacteria, which causes shigellosis and produces symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting ...
The zoo on Thursday announced the "unexpected" death of 35-year-old Bulera, a female western lowland gorilla. ... It said Bulera died from shigella, a bacterium that causes shigellosis and ...
The zoo reported the first death, that of a 35-year-old female gorilla named Bulera, on Aug. 23, followed by the deaths of bonobo brothers Jumanji and Jenga on Aug. 26. ... Shigella is a bacteria ...
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.
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 ...
According to the health department’s most recent update last Friday, 24 people had positive shigella lab reports and an additional 44 people reported illness consistent with shigellosis after ...
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]