Author:
RAM P. K.,CRUMP J. A.,GUPTA S. K.,MILLER M. A.,MINTZ E. D.
Abstract
SUMMARYThe global incidence ofShigellainfection has been estimated at 80–165 million episodes annually, with 99% of episodes occurring in the developing world. To identify contemporary gaps in the understanding of the global epidemiology of shigellosis, we conducted a review of the English-language scientific literature from 1984 to 2005, restricting the search to low and medium human development countries. Our review yielded 11 population-based studies ofShigellaburden from seven countries. No population-based studies have been conducted in sub-Saharan Africa or in low human development countries. In studies done in all age groups,Shigellaincidence varied from 0·6 to 107 episodes/1000 person-years.S. flexneriwas the most commonly detected subgroup in the majority of studies. Case-fatality rates ranged from 0% to 2·6% in population-based studies and from 0% to 21% in facility-based studies. This review highlights the large gaps in data on the burden ofShigellainfections for low human development index countries and, more specifically, for sub-Saharan Africa.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Epidemiology
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