An 11-year study of shigellosis and Shigella species in Taiyuan, China: Active surveillance, epidemic characteristics, and molecular serotyping. Issue 6 (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhao, Lifeng; Xiong, Yanwen; Meng, Dequan; Guo, Jiane; Li, Yiping; Liang, Lirong; Han, Rui; Wang, Yanqin; Guo, Xiaofang; Wang, Rui; Zhang, Ladi; Gao, Li; Wang, Jitao
• Is Part Of: Journal of infection and public health. Volume 10:Issue 6(2017)
• Page Start: 794
• Page End: 798
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: Shigellosis -- Shigella -- Infection rate -- Serotypes -- Molecular serotyping; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Public health -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Nosocomial infections -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; 614.4
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.01.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1876-0341

Abstract

Abstract: A hospital-based surveillance of shigellosis was conducted in Taiyuan from 2005 to 2015. A total of 2655 stool cultures were collected from patients with diarrhea, 115 were identified as S. flexneri and 107 were S. sonnei . The highest infection rates were found among children under 5 years of age (34.2 %), and during the summer (61.0 %). ​Six serotypes were identified among S. flexneri isolates:1a, 2a, 2b, Xv, X and Y. Serotype 2a and Xv were the dominant serotypes in two periods, 2012–2015 and 2005–2008, respectively. High shigellosis rates over the past decade highlight shigellosis is still a major public health problem in Taiyuan.