Epidemiology and Infection

Table of Contents - 2004 - Volume 132, Issue 04  


Epidemiological features of a newly described serotype of Shigella boydii

P. KALLURI a1a2c1, K. C. CUMMINGS a3, S. ABBOTT a3, G. B. MALCOLM a2, K. HUTCHESON a2, A. BEALL a2, K. JOYCE a2, C. POLYAK a2, D. WOODWARD a4, R. CALDEIRA a4, F. RODGERS a4, E. D. MINTZ a2 and N. STROCKBINE a2
a1 Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
a2 Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
a3 California State Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA, USA
a4 National Laboratory for Enteric Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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kalluri p   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
cummings k   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
abbott s   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
malcolm g   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
hutcheson k   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
beall a   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
joyce k   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
polyak c   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
woodward d   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
caldeira r   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
rodgers f   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
mintz e   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
strockbine n   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 

Abstract

We report the clinical, microbiological, and epidemiological features of an emerging serotype, Shigella boydii 20. We interviewed patients about symptoms, and history of travel and visitors during the week before illness onset. Seventy-five per cent of the 56 patients were Hispanic. During the week before illness onset, 18 (32%) travelled abroad; 17 (94%) had visited Mexico. Eight (21%) out of 38 who had not travelled had foreign visitors. There were eight closely related patterns by PFGE with XbaI. S. boydii 20 may be related to travel to Mexico and Hispanic ethnicity. Prompt epidemiological investigation of clusters of S. boydii 20 infection may help identify specific vehicles and risk factors for infection.

(Accepted March 11 2004)


Correspondence:
c1 Dr P. Kalluri, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS A-38, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

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