Housefly Population Density Correlates with Shigellosis among Children in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis

Tamer H. Farag; Abu S. Faruque; Yukun Wu; Sumon K. Das; Anowar Hossain; Shahnawaz Ahmed; Dilruba Ahmed; Dilruba Nasrin; Karen L. Kotloff; Sandra Panchilangam; James P. Nataro; Dani Cohen; William C. Blackwelder; Myron M. Levine

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002280

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Housefly Population Density Correlates with Shigellosis among Children in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis

Tamer H. Farag ,

* E-mail: tfarag@medicine.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Abu S. Faruque,

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Yukun Wu,

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Sumon K. Das,

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Anowar Hossain,

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Shahnawaz Ahmed,

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Dilruba Ahmed,

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Dilruba Nasrin,

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Karen L. Kotloff,

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Sandra Panchilangam,

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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James P. Nataro,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Dani Cohen,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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William C. Blackwelder,

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Myron M. Levine

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Housefly Population Density Correlates with Shigellosis among Children in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis

Tamer H. Farag,
Abu S. Faruque,
Yukun Wu,
Sumon K. Das,
Anowar Hossain,
Shahnawaz Ahmed,
Dilruba Ahmed,
Dilruba Nasrin,
Karen L. Kotloff,
Sandra Panchilangam

Published: June 20, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002280

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