Outbreak of Shigella sonnei in Montréal’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, 2015
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An outbreak of shigellosis in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community.
An outbreak of Shigellosis due to Shigella sonnei, S. flexnerii and S. boydii in an ultra-religious Jewish community in Southern Israel is described. The source of epidemic was traced to vegetables bought from a single source. The importance of epidemic and endemic modes of spread of Shigella is discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canada Communicable Disease Report
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1481-8531
DOI: 10.14745/ccdr.v42i04a03