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Global Distribution of Shigella sonnei Clones

Caterina MamminaPeter Gerner-smidtReza RanjbarNorma BinszteinChien-shun ChiouEfrain M. RibotAmy Gassama SowKwai Lin ThongKara CooperIngrid Filliol-toutainMariana PichelShiu-yun LiangDac Cam Phung

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Microbiology (medical)Epidemiologylcsh:MedicineShigella sonneiBiologyGlobal HealthSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicatamolecular epidemiologyWorld healthlcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseasesclonesGlobal healthTandem Repeat SequenceCluster AnalysisHumanslcsh:RC109-216Shigella sonneibacteriaDysentery Bacillarylcsh:RDispatchglobal distributionShigella sonnei molecular typing MLVF clonal groupsVirologyVariable number tandem repeatInfectious DiseasesTandem Repeat SequencesGlobal distributionMultilocus sequence typingMultilocus Sequence Typing

description

To investigate global epidemiology of Shigella sonnei, we performed multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis of 1,672 isolates obtained since 1943 from 50 countries on 5 continents and the Pacific region. Three major clonal groups were identified; 2 were globally spread. Type 18 and its derivatives have circulated worldwide in recent decades.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-10-01Emerging Infectious Diseases
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.101486_article.htm