Microevolution and Patterns of Transmission of Shigella sonnei within Cyclic Outbreaks Shigellosis, Israel

Whole-genome sequencing unveiled host and environment-related insights to Shigella sonnei transmission within cyclic epidemics during 2000–2012 in Israel. The Israeli reservoir contains isolates belonging to S. sonnei lineage III but of different origin, shows loss of tetracycline resistance genes,...

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Main Authors: Adi Behar, Kate Susan Baker, Ravit Bassal, Analia Ezernitchi, Lea Valinsky, Nicholas R. Thomson, Daniel Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/7/17-1313_article