Affiliation:
1. Research Sciences Department, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt,1and
2. SBL Vaccin AB, S-105 21 Stockholm, Sweden2
Abstract
ABSTRACT
In a population-based study of diarrhea in rural, northern Egypt, 60
Shigella flexneri
strains were identified, of which 10 could not be definitively serotyped. Serological analysis with commercial reagents suggested that they were serotype 1, but the strains failed to react with subserotype 1a- or 1b-specific antibodies. All 10 strains reacted with MASF 1c, a monoclonal antibody specific for a provisional
S. flexneri
subserotype, 1c, first identified in Bangladesh and not previously detected outside of that region. Our results show that
S. flexneri
subserotype 1c is not unique to Bangladesh and that the inability to detect it may reflect both the limited use of suitable screening methods and the rarity of this subserotype.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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