Prevalence of the Sat gene among clinical isolates of Shigella spp. causing travelers' diarrhea: geographical and specific differences

J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Apr;40(4):1565-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1565-1566.2002.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
  • Child
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea / microbiology*
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology
  • Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Prevalence
  • Shigella flexneri / genetics
  • Shigella flexneri / isolation & purification
  • Shigella flexneri / pathogenicity*
  • Shigella sonnei / genetics
  • Shigella sonnei / isolation & purification
  • Shigella sonnei / pathogenicity*
  • Travel*
  • Virulence / genetics

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins