Epidemic Shigella dysenieriae Type 1 in Natal
| Autor: | D. F. Wittenberg, D. G. Pillay, A. J. Karas, Hoosen M. Coovadia, A. W. Sturm, N. C. Rollins |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Shigellosis Shigella dysenteriae Sanitation medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks South Africa parasitic diseases medicine Humans Shigella Child Socioeconomics Health Education Dysentery Bacillary Poverty biology business.industry Incidence Public health Infant Dysentery Outbreak medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Immunology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 41:281-284 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3664 0142-6338 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/tropej/41.5.281 |
| Popis: | Since its first isolation in South Africa in 1994, Shigella dysenteriae type 1 has now spread to cause an epidemic outbreak in Natal Kwazulu, resulting in a steep rise in admissions for dysentery and the haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children. We report on the epidemic as it has evolved so far. A large outbreak is to be expected in South Africa in view of large scale poverty, lack of housing, and adequate water and sanitation, unless urgent public health measures are taken. |
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