The genomic epidemiology of shigellosis in South Africa

Abstract Shigellosis, a leading cause of diarrhoeal mortality and morbidity globally, predominantly affects children under five years of age living in low- and middle-income countries. While whole genome sequence analysis (WGSA) has been effectively used to further our understanding of shigellosis e...

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Main Authors: George E. Stenhouse, Karen H. Keddy, Rebecca J. Bengtsson, Neil Hall, Anthony M. Smith, Juno Thomas, Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Kate S. Baker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43345-5