Decreasing Shigellosis-related Deaths without Shigella spp.–specific Interventions, Asia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bardhan, Pradip ; Faruque, A.S.G. ; Naheed, Aliya ; Sack, David A.
• Description:
  In 1999, a review of the literature for 1966-1997 suggested that ≈1.1 million persons die annually of shigellosis, including ≈880,000 in Asia. Our recent review of the literature for 1990-2009 indicates that ≈125 million shigellosis cases occur annually in Asia, of which ≈14,000 are fatal. This estimate for illnesses is similar to the earlier estimate, but the number of deaths is 98% lower; that is, the lower estimate of deaths is associated with markedly reduced case-fatality rates rather than fewer cases. Shigella spp.-related deaths decreased substantially during a period without Shigella spp.-specific interventions. We speculate that nonspecific interventions, e.g., measles vaccination, vitamin A supplementation, and improved nutrition, may have led to the reduced number of shigellosis-related deaths.
• Subjects:
  Dysentery, Bacillary Humans Research Shigella/classification
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(11):1718-1723.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Asia
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a00e4795ad5a651d39af74e58c3127437d94b7a4e63e1a33bc7003a0ae90d939
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18000/cdc_18000_DS1.pdf
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