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1. Shigellosis Linked to Sex Venues, Australia

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Belinda O'Sullivan, Valerie Delpech, Giulietta Pontivivo, Thomas Karagiannis, Debbie Marriott, John Harkness, and Jeremy M. McAnulty

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Australia, homosexual, outbreak, sex venues, Shigella, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract

From January 1 to July 31, 2000, 148 cases of Shigella infection were reported in New South Wales, Australia, compared with an annual average of 95 cases. Of reported cases, 83% were confirmed as Shigella sonnei biotype G infections; 80% were in homosexual men. Visiting a sex venue in the 2 weeks before onset of illness was the only factor significantly associated with shigellosis.

Published
2002
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2. Shigellosis linked to sex venues, Australia

Author

Deborah Marriott, Giulietta Pontivivo, Belinda O'Sullivan, Thomas Karagiannis, John Harkness, Jeremy McAnulty, and Valerie Delpech

Subjects
Microbiology (medical), Adult, Male, Shigellosis, Time Factors, Epidemiology, media_common.quotation_subject, Sexual Behavior, Annual average, lcsh:Medicine, Shigella sonnei, sex venues, medicine.disease_cause, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, Disease Outbreaks, Hygiene, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Environmental Microbiology, Humans, lcsh:RC109-216, Shigella, homosexual, Homosexuality, Male, media_common, Aged, Dysentery, Bacillary, outbreak, business.industry, lcsh:R, Australia, Dispatch, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Infectious Diseases, Sexual behavior, Immunology, New South Wales, business, Male Homosexuality, Demography
Abstract

From January 1 to July 31, 2000, 148 cases of Shigella infection were reported in New South Wales, Australia, compared with an annual average of 95 cases. Of reported cases, 83% were confirmed as Shigella sonnei biotype G infections; 80% were in homosexual men. Visiting a sex venue in the 2 weeks before onset of illness was the only factor significantly associated with shigellosis.

Published
2002

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