Ongoing outbreak of Shigella flexneri serotype 3a in men who have sex with men in England and Wales, data from 2009-2011.

Authors :: Borg ML
Modi A
Tostmann A
Gobin M
Cartwright J
Quigley C
Crook P
Boxall N
Paul J
Cheasty T
Gill N
Hughes G
Simms I
Oliver I
Source :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2012 Mar 29; Vol. 17 (13). Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Mar 29.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Diagnoses of Shigella flexneri in the United Kingdom (UK) are usually travel-related. However, since 2009, there has been an overall increase in UK-acquired cases. The Health Protection Agency has been investigating a national outbreak of S. flexneri detected in 2011 and which is still ongoing. Cases occurred mostly in men who have sex with men and were of serotype 3a. The investigation aimed at obtaining epidemiological data to inform targeted outbreak management and control.

Subjects :: Adult
Dysentery, Bacillary diagnosis
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
England epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Risk Factors
Serotyping
Shigella flexneri classification
Wales epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Dysentery, Bacillary epidemiology
Homosexuality, Male
Shigella flexneri isolation & purification

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1560-7917
Volume :: 17
Issue :: 13
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 22490381

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