@article{02d9dfaae4ed46f09390dd329b1f4620,
title = "Epidemiology and clinical presentation of shigellosis in children less than five years of age in rural Mozambique",
abstract = "Rectal swabs were collected from 1354 children <5 years of age with diarrhea attending Manhi{\c c}a District Hospital and from 227 healthy community controls. Shigellosis incidence was high among children aged 12-47 months (488.4/10 child-years at risk). Fever and dysentery were prominent clinical findings. Shigella was more frequently isolated from cases than controls (6.7% versus 0.4%, P = 0.004), and from dysentery than nondysenteric diarrhea (24.1% versus 3.5%, P < 0.001). Shigella flexneri 2a, S. sonnei, and S. flexneri 6, were the most prevalent serotypes.",
keywords = "Antimicrobial resistance, Bacillary dysentery, Serotypes, Shigella",
author = "In{\'a}cio Mandomando and Betuel Siga{\'u}que and Xavier Vall{\`e}s and Mateu Espasa and Sergi Sanz and Jahit Sacarlal and Eus{\'e}bio Macete and F{\'a}tima Abacassamo and Joaquim Ruiz and Joaquim Gascon and Kotloff, {Karen L.} and Levine, {Myron M.} and Alonso, {Pedro L.}",
note = "Funding Information: Supported by a grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Centre de Salut Internacinal also supported by RICET and RCESP networks. J.R. is recipient of the grants CP05/0130 and PI06/0204 from Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias. ",
year = "2007",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1097/INF.0b013e31812e55a2",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
volume = "26",
pages = "1059--1061",
journal = "Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal",
issn = "0891-3668",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "11",
}
