Shigella

Shigella Enterotoxin 1: An Enterotoxin of Shigella

Culture filtrates of Shigellaflexneri 2a strain M4243 grown in iron-depleted medium, caused significant fluid accumulation in rabbit ileal loops. Also, when tested in Ussing chambers, a greater rise in potential difference and short circuit current was seen with such filtrates compared with the medium control. Analogous filtrates from two M4243 derivatives lacking the 140-MD invasiveness plasmi...

Shigella tieté.

Survival of Shigella in Sewage. Ii. Effect of Glycerol on Shigella Flexneri and Shigella Bacteriophage.

Glycerol (30%) inhibited or delayed the adsorption of Shigella bacteriophage on its host organism, S. flexneri II; glycerol also inhibited or delayed the burst of phage, whether or not adsorption was carried out in the presence of glycerol. Studies of the mechanisms of these effects showed that viscosity and osmotic shock probably were not responsible for either phenomenon. The inhibition of ad...

Shigella Nomenclature.

Rural Chinese’s Perceptions of Shigella and of Shigella Vaccine

Shigella remain a major source of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, including China. In response, national and international researchers are actively working to develop vaccines that will be effective against dysentery and diarrhea caused by shigella dysentariae. With the growing recognition of the problems associated with sustained vaccine acceptance and usage, researchers and p...