Changing Emergence of Shigella Sero-Groups in Bangladesh: Observation from Four Different Diarrheal Disease Hospitals

Sumon Kumar Das; Shahnawaz Ahmed; Farzana Ferdous; Fahmida Dil Farzana; Mohammod Jobayer Chisti; Daniel T. Leung; Mohammad Abdul Malek; Kaisar Ali Talukder; Pradip Kumar Bardhan; Mohammed Abdus Salam; Abu Syed Golam Faruque; Rubhana Raqib

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062029

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Changing Emergence of Shigella Sero-Groups in Bangladesh: Observation from Four Different Diarrheal Disease Hospitals

Sumon Kumar Das,

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Shahnawaz Ahmed,

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Farzana Ferdous,

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Fahmida Dil Farzana,

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mohammod Jobayer Chisti,

Affiliations Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Hospital, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Daniel T. Leung,

Affiliation Centre for Vaccine Science (CVS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mohammad Abdul Malek,

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Kaisar Ali Talukder,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Disease (CFWD), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Pradip Kumar Bardhan,

Affiliation Dhaka Hospital, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mohammed Abdus Salam,

Affiliation Research Administration Services (RAS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Abu Syed Golam Faruque ,

* E-mail: gfaruque@icddrb.org

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Rubhana Raqib

Affiliation Centre for Vaccine Science (CVS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Changing Emergence of Shigella Sero-Groups in Bangladesh: Observation from Four Different Diarrheal Disease Hospitals

Sumon Kumar Das,
Shahnawaz Ahmed,
Farzana Ferdous,
Fahmida Dil Farzana,
Mohammod Jobayer Chisti,
Daniel T. Leung,
Mohammad Abdul Malek,
Kaisar Ali Talukder,
Pradip Kumar Bardhan,
Mohammed Abdus Salam

Published: April 29, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062029

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