O-specific polysaccharide conjugates of shigellae were safe and immunogenic in young adults, and a Shigella sonnei conjugate conferred protection [1-3]. Shigellosis is primarily a disease of children; ...

Shigellosis, which arises due to Shigella species transmission through the fecal-oral route, was initially identified among individuals with recent travel history to England. Notably, Shigella sonnei ...

A bacteria that causes bloody diarrhea is becoming antimicrobial-resistant. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in early February that some shigella infections are becoming ...

Shigellosis is an infection caused by Shigella bacteria. Shigella are Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria (bacilli) that can infect the large intestine and cause fever, abdominal cramping, bloody ...

Experimental infection of the rabbit eye was used to study factors that affect the virulence of Shigella flexneri. Strains that penetrated rapidly and multiplied in the corneal epithelium caused ...

The second-largest foodborne outbreak of Shigella flexneri in more than 30 years struck guests at an Oregon wedding last August. Shigella flexneri is a Gram-negative, enteric pathogen and together ...

Bacteria uses multiple defense mechanisms to survive in the host body. Shigella bacteria, that causes colitis, disable multiple host defense pathways using three specialized effector proteins, as ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an alert about a rise in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections (shigellosis). There has been a concerning increase in ...

VirF is an AraC-type transcriptional regulator responsible for activating the transcription of virulence genes required for the intracellular invasion and cell-to-cell spread of Shigella flexneri.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A drug-resistant bacteria is causing widespread concern amongst U.S. health officials. Shigella, which causes prolonged diarrhea that is sometimes bloody, fever and stomach pain ...