HIV infection as a risk factor for shigellosis

We investigated cases of shigellosis in San Francisco and Alameda Counties identified during 1996 by active laboratory surveillance to assess the role of HIV infection as a risk factor for shigellosis. Dramatically elevated rates of shigellosis in HIV-infected persons implicate HIV infection as an i...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 5; no. 6; pp. 820 - 823
Main Authors Baer, J T, Vugia, D J, Reingold, A L, Aragon, T, Angulo, F J, Bradford, W Z
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.11.1999
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
AIDS/HIV
Causes of
Child
Child, Preschool
Dysentery, Bacillary - diagnosis
Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology
Dysentery, Bacillary - etiology
Female
Health aspects
HIV infection
HIV Infections - complications
Homosexuality, Male
Hospitalization
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance - methods
Risk Factors
San Francisco - epidemiology
Shigella flexneri - isolation & purification
Shigella sonnei - isolation & purification
Shigellosis
Travel
United States
San Francisco
United States
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Summary:We investigated cases of shigellosis in San Francisco and Alameda Counties identified during 1996 by active laboratory surveillance to assess the role of HIV infection as a risk factor for shigellosis. Dramatically elevated rates of shigellosis in HIV-infected persons implicate HIV infection as an important risk factor for shigellosis in San Francisco.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid0506.990614