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Evidence for re-infection and persistent carriage of Shigella species in adult males reporting domestically acquired infection in England.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2021
Allen H, Mitchell H D, Simms I, Baker K S, Foster K, Hughes G, Dallman T J, Jenkins C
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OBJECTIVES: We analysed national surveillance typing data of Shigella isolated from adult males with domestically acquired infection (a cohort largely consisting of men who have sex with men (MSM)) to establish whether multiple isolates from the same individual over time represented persistent carriage or re-infection. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective cohort study of adult males diagnosed with Shigella...
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