Foodborne outbreak of shigellosis caused by an unusual Shigella strain

I. Huq; A. K.M.J. Alam; G. K. Morris; G. Wathen; M. Merson

doi:10.1128/jcm.11.4.337-339.1980

Foodborne outbreak of shigellosis caused by an unusual Shigella strain

I. Huq, A. K.M.J. Alam, G. K. Morris, G. Wathen, M. Merson

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A family outbreak of foodborne shigellosis caused by an unusual strain of Shigella is described. The strain was a mannitol-positive variant of Shigella dysenteriae and agglutinated in antiserum prepared against provisional serotype 3341-55.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	337-339
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.11.4.337-339.1980
State	Published - 1980

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