Molecular Characterization of Shigella sonnei: An Increasingly Prevalent Etiologic Agent of Shigellosis in Guizhou Province, Southwest of China.

BACKGROUND:Shigellosis is a serious problem in Guizhou and Shigella sonnei is an increasingly prevalent etiologic agent of local shigellosis cases. No data, however, are available about the molecular characterization of the local isolates of S. sonnei. We have conducted this study to molecularly cha...

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Main Authors: Shijun Li, Jianping Wang, Xiaoyu Wei, Ying Liu, Lu You, Xia Luo, Guangpeng Tang, Qiangzheng Sun, Changyun Ye, Jianguo Xu, Dingming Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4873039?pdf=render