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EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 1996; 2 (1): 102-106
Dans Anglais
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-156379
Résumé
In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, dysentery is recognized as one of the major causes of persistent diarrhoea and malnutrition. The latest estimates amount to about a million total shigella cases annually with approximately 40 000 deaths [an average of 4% case fatality rate]. This paper discusses the role of food and water in this major health problem as well as antimicrobial treatment of shigella dysentery; preparedness; and control of epidemics due to shigella