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The natural history of the emergence of sexually transmissible shigellosis

2025-05-05 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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Shigellosis is a gastrointestinal illness caused by bacteria belonging to one of four species of Shigella. Sexually transmissible shigellosis was first reported in 1974, but recently there has been a global increase in the transmission of extensively drug-resistant strains. Here, we sought to characterise the natural history of sexually transmissible shigellosis through literature review and genomic epidemiological analysis of early outbreaks. The literature review revealed a significant gap in ...

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