- Bad Bug Book: Shigella
Learn about Shigella, a bacterium which causes intestinal infection. Includes symptoms, treatment, statistics, and cases of outbreak in the US.
www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePatho...
- Genetic Basis of Virulence in Shigella Species
(PDF)
Discusses the genetic basis of prevalence of virulence in Shigella species.
mmbr.asm.org/cgi/reprint/55/2/206.pdf
- Genome Dynamics and Diversity of Shigella Species, the Etiologic Agents of Bacillary Dysentery
Article on genome dynamics and diversity of Shigella species. Includes general features, various strains, sequencing and analyzing, and prevalence of virulence. From Oxford Journals.
nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/33/19/6445
- High Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance among Shigella Isolates in the United States Tested
PubMed article on the prevalence of drug resistant variants of Shigella isolates in the U.S.
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16377666#...
- Medical Microbiology: Shigella
Section of the book covering the clinical manifestations, host defenses, classifications, antigenic types, and treatment of the infection caused by Shigella.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=mmed.chapter.1257
- MicrobeWiki: Shigella
Student-edited microbiology resource providing information about the bacterium. Includes history, structure, life functions, and transmission mode.
microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Shigella
- NCBI: Shigella
Information for the various strains of Shigella organism. From National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=620&lvl=3&li...
- Online Textbook of Bacteriology: Shigella
General information about the bacterium including infection, transmission, immunity and vaccines, incidences, pathogenesis, and Shiga toxin produced by the bacterium.
www.textbookofbacteriology.net/Shigella.html
- Pathogenic Microbiology - Shigella
Features summary for the physiology, taxonomy, pathology, and laboratory identification of Shigella.
www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci424/PathogenDescriptions/Shigella.htm
- WHO: Shigella
Features information about the World Health Organization's effort to supporting vaccine development research projects and disease outbreak records.
www.who.int/topics/shigella/en
- Wikipedia: Shigella
User-edited article about Shigella, a bacterium which causes dysentery in human beings.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigella
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