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The US Government Doesn't Want You to See This Page: About Shigella Infection Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men The US Government doesn't think you should see this. Our experts disagree.

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The natural history of the emergence of sexually transmissible shigellosis Shigellosis is a gastrointestinal illness caused by bacteria belonging to one of four species of Shigella. Sexually transmissible (ST) shigellosis was first reported in 1974, but recently there has be...

Why did sexually transmissible #shigellosis outbreak reporting increase in the early 2000s? Our new article explores the genomic epidemiology of two #Shigella sonnei outbreaks in London and Berlin, alongside a temporal/spatial literature review.
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Europe also affected by travel-related Shigella outbreak Several European countries have seen a recent rise in Shigella infections in people who had been to Cape Verde before getting sick. At the end of November, an increase in the number of people infected with the Shigella Sonnei outbreak strain after returning from Cape Verde was reported. The European

UKHSA reports travel-related Shigella outbreak More than 130 people have fallen sick in the United Kingdom with Shigella infections. Most of them had been to Cape Verde before getting ill. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said recent laboratory surveillance data has shown an increase in Shigella in England. Since October, 137 confirmed

#Shigella sp are highly infectious; as few as 10 organisms sufficient to cause disease.(2) Contact w/infected individuals or contaminated food➡️transmission. As an emerging sexually-transmitted infection in MSM, #shigellosis is associated with direct or indirect oral-anal contact

#shigella #sonnei #Shigellosis acute diarrhea, vomiting & abd cramps. (1) Stools often contain blood, although some have watery diarrhea. Rarely, severe shigellosis may be complicated by rectal prolapse, intestinal obstruction & colonic perf. Post Post-infectious reactive arthritis 1-2wks

Shigellosis Shigella is a Gram-negative, facultative intracellular, gastric acid-resistant bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, which includes four serogroups: Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella sonnei, Shigel...

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #pedsky #publichealth @thelancet.com #Shigellosis is the most common cause of invasive bloody diarrhoea in children younger than 5 yrs.
The prevention of infection with 💉& sanitation strategies remains a crucial step in reducing worldwide morbidity & mortality
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Antimicrobial treatment options for extensively drug-resistant (XDR) shigellosis in men who have sex with men The sexual transmission of Shigella s onnei and Shigella flexneri has been observed since the 1970s between men who have sex with men (MSM) associated with living with HIV, sexually transmitted infect...

How should #XDR #shigellosis cases be treated? Our new education piece at #BMJ #SexuallyTransmittedInfections explores specific empirical treatment. Our recommendations are subsequent to our microbial genomic, phenotypic #AMR, and clinical/pharmacological analyses. sti.bmj.com/content/earl... 🧫💻🛟🧪🧬🦠

#Shigella sp highly infectious; as few as 10 organisms sufficient to cause disease
Contact w/infected individuals or contaminated food➡️transmission
As an emerging sexually-transmitted infection in MSM, #shigellosis is associated with direct or indirect oral-anal contact

#Shigellosis acute diarrhea, vomiting & abdominal cramps. Stools often contain blood, although some have watery diarrhea. Rarely, severe shigellosis may be complicated by rectal prolapse, intestinal obstruction & colonic perforation. Post infect Reactive arthritis 1-2 wks

Endless diarrhea and exhaustion: the stomach bug making the rounds among the most vulnerable in Canada | CBC News Shigella infections are preventable through simple hygiene measures, public health experts say, like giving homeless people access to public toilets and a place to wash their hands.

"For the past five weeks, #Toronto night nurse Keren Elumir has been handing out clean underwear and electrolyte packets at a #safeconsumption and #overdoseprevention site in Moss Park" #Shigella #shigellosis #dysentery #hygiene #sanitation #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

Outbreak of infectious intestinal illness declared among Toronto’s underhoused community A highly contagious and drug-resistant bacterial illness has sickened several members of Toronto’s underhoused community, says the city’s health unit.

#Shigellosis outbreak declared among Toronto's underhoused community

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Wash Your Hands: USU Biochemist Studies the Molecular Mechanisms of Food-Borne Illness USU's Sam Barker reminds revelers of harmful microbes and delves into the molecular level of a bacterial culprit recently promoted by the WHO to Priority-2-High pathogen.

As #Thanksgiving approaches, USU biochemist Sam Barker reminds revelers of harmful microbes passed via fecal-oral route (eww); delves into molecular level of bacterial culprit recently promoted by #WHO to Priority-2-High pathogen.
www.usu.edu/today/story/... #Shigella #Shigellosis

New research article in The Lancet Microbe

Determinants of immune responses predictive of protection against #shigellosis in an endemic zone: a systems analysis of antibody profiles and function

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