An 11-year study of shigellosis and Shigella species in Taiyuan, China: Active surveillance, epidemic characteristics, and molecular serotyping

Lifeng Zhao; Yanwen Xiong; Dequan Meng; Jiane Guo; Yiping Li; Lirong Liang; Rui Han; Yanqin Wang; Xiaofang Guo; Rui Wang; Ladi Zhang; Li Gao; Jitao Wang

Journal of Infection and Public Health (Nov 2017)

An 11-year study of shigellosis and Shigella species in Taiyuan, China: Active surveillance, epidemic characteristics, and molecular serotyping

Lifeng Zhao,
Yanwen Xiong,
Dequan Meng,
Jiane Guo,
Yiping Li,
Lirong Liang,
Rui Han,
Yanqin Wang,
Xiaofang Guo,
Rui Wang,
Ladi Zhang,
Li Gao,
Jitao Wang

Affiliations

Lifeng Zhao: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Yanwen Xiong: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Changping, Beijing 102206, China
Dequan Meng: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Jiane Guo: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Yiping Li: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Lirong Liang: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Rui Han: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Yanqin Wang: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Xiaofang Guo: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Rui Wang: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Ladi Zhang: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Li Gao: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China
Jitao Wang: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China; Corresponding author at: No. 89, Xinjiannan Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Fax: +86 0351 7822732.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 6
pp. 794 – 798

Abstract

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A hospital-based surveillance of shigellosis was conducted in Taiyuan from 2005 to 2015. A total of 2655 stool cultures were collected from patients with diarrhea, 115 were identified as S. flexneri and 107 were S. sonnei. The highest infection rates were found among children under 5 years of age (34.2 %), and during the summer (61.0 %). Six serotypes were identified among S. flexneriisolates:1a, 2a, 2b, Xv, X and Y. Serotype 2a and Xv were the dominant serotypes in two periods, 2012–2015 and 2005–2008, respectively. High shigellosis rates over the past decade highlight shigellosis is still a major public health problem in Taiyuan. Keywords: Shigellosis, Shigella, Infection rate, Serotypes, Molecular serotyping

Published in Journal of Infection and Public Health

ISSN: 1876-0341 (Print); 1876-035X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-infection-and-public-health

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