Shigellosis: An Old Disease in New Clothes?
Open Access
- 12 September 2006
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 3 (9) , e354
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030354
Abstract
Sansonetti discusses a "landmark" study of the epidemiology of shigellosis, involving over 600,000 people of all ages in six Asian countries.Keywords
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