Ongoing outbreak of Shigella flexneri serotype 3a in men who have sex with men in England and Wales, data
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M L Borg ([email protected])1,2, A Modi3, A Tostmann1, M Gobin1, J Cartwright3, C Quigley3, P Crook4, N Boxall4, J Paul4, T Cheasty5, N Gill6, G Hughes6, I Simms6, I Oliver1,7 1. Health Protection Agency, South West Region, United Kingdom 2. European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden 3. Health Protection Agency, North West Region, United Kingdom 4. Health Protection Agency, South East Region, United Kingdom 5. Gastro-Intestinal Infections Reference Unit, Health Protection Agency Colindale, London, United Kingdom 6. HIV & STI Department, Health Protection Agency Colindale, London, United Kingdom 7. University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Ongoing outbreak of Shigella flexneri serotype 3a in men who have sex with men in England and Wales, data from 2009-2011.
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 a...
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