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Shigella is a bacteria that causes shigellosis, an intestinal infection.
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Catherine Garcia, The Week, 16 Mar. 2023
Who gets shigellosis?
—The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2023
Late last year, an outbreak of shigellosis — which can cause fever, stomach cramps and diarrhea — also brought back shuddering memories of how hepatitis A spread through, and beyond, the region’s homeless population in 2016-18, killing 20 people and hospitalizing hundreds.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
For eleven diseases - adenovirus infection, measles, Q fever, aseptic viral meningitis, enterovirus infection, gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, tularaemia, hantavirus infection, hepatitis A and shigellosis - outbreaks in the human population were significantly correlated to the NAO monthly index.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2013
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Catherine Garcia, The Week, 16 Mar. 2023
Who gets shigellosis?
—The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2023
Late last year, an outbreak of shigellosis — which can cause fever, stomach cramps and diarrhea — also brought back shuddering memories of how hepatitis A spread through, and beyond, the region’s homeless population in 2016-18, killing 20 people and hospitalizing hundreds.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
For eleven diseases - adenovirus infection, measles, Q fever, aseptic viral meningitis, enterovirus infection, gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, tularaemia, hantavirus infection, hepatitis A and shigellosis - outbreaks in the human population were significantly correlated to the NAO monthly index.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2013
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“Shigellosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shigellosis. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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