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The emerging strains of Shigella dysenteriae type 2 in Bangladesh are clonal.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Dec 2006
Talukder K A, Khajanchi B K, Islam M A, Dutta D K, Islam Z, Khan S I, Nair G B, Sack D A
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A total of 113 strains of Shigella dysenteriae type 2 isolated from patients attending the Dhaka diarrhoea treatment centre of ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research during the period 1999-2004 were studied. Serotype of the isolates was confirmed using commercially available antisera. Except for arabinose fermentation, all the strains had similar biochemical reactions. More than 60% of the strains...
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