The epidemiology of S. sonnei and S. flexneri in Pima County, Arizona: an exploratory study

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 78; no. 9; pp. 1227 - 1229
• Main Authors: McCombie, S C, Funk, D B, Browning, J A, Nolan, P A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01.09.1988; American Public Health Association
• Subjects: Adolescent; Arizona; Bacteria; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Day Care Centers; Crowding; Diarrhea; Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology; Dysentery, Bacillary - etiology; Epidemiologic Methods; Feces - microbiology; Female; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical research; Medical sciences; Public health; Shigella flexneri - isolation & purification; Shigella sonnei - isolation & purification; Shigellosis; Tourism & travel; Travel; Arizona; United States > US; Mexico; Infection; United States; America; Bacteriosis; Digestive diseases; Salmonellosis; North America; Epidemiology; Arizona; Public health
• ISSN: 0090-0036; 1541-0048
• DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.78.9.1227

Investigation of 189 cases of shigellosis reported to the Pima County, Arizona Health Department in 1986 revealed that 23 per cent of cases could be attributed to travel to Mexico, and 10 per cent to day care attendees and their household contacts. No source of infection or high-risk activity could be demonstrated for 43 per cent of the cases. Households in which S. flexneri occurred were more likely to be characterized by crowded living situations and to have no known source of infection.