Changing Trends in the Prevalence of Shigella Species: Emergence of Multi-Drug Resistant Shigella sonnei Biotype g in Bangladesh

Abu I. M. S. Ud-Din; Syeda U. H. Wahid; Hasan A. Latif; Mohammad Shahnaij; Mahmuda Akter; Ishrat J. Azmi; Trisheeta N. Hasan; Dilruba Ahmed; Mohammad A. Hossain; Abu S. G. Faruque; Shah M. Faruque; Kaisar A. Talukder

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082601

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Changing Trends in the Prevalence of Shigella Species: Emergence of Multi-Drug Resistant Shigella sonnei Biotype g in Bangladesh

Abu I. M. S. Ud-Din,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Syeda U. H. Wahid,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Hasan A. Latif,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mohammad Shahnaij,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mahmuda Akter,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Ishrat J. Azmi,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Trisheeta N. Hasan,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Dilruba Ahmed,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mohammad A. Hossain,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Abu S. G. Faruque,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Shah M. Faruque,

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Kaisar A. Talukder

* E-mail: kaisar@icddrb.org

Affiliation Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Changing Trends in the Prevalence of Shigella Species: Emergence of Multi-Drug Resistant Shigella sonnei Biotype g in Bangladesh

Abu I. M. S. Ud-Din,
Syeda U. H. Wahid,
Hasan A. Latif,
Mohammad Shahnaij,
Mahmuda Akter,
Ishrat J. Azmi,
Trisheeta N. Hasan,
Dilruba Ahmed,
Mohammad A. Hossain,
Abu S. G. Faruque

Published: December 18, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082601

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