STUDIES ON EXPERIMENTAL SHIGELLOSIS

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Abstract
Non-specific physical stress reduced the resistance of mice to experimental infection with Shigella flexneri 3. Mice subjected either to fasting or to exhaustive physical exercise showed an increased mortality and increased incidence of Shigella bacteremia, and longer duration of intestinal Shigella infection following oral challenge, than was observed in non-stressed animals.