Genomics|Features|Shigella

Genomics|Features|Shigella

Shigella

Shigella: Genomics and Public Health - January 28, 2015

CDC Shigella update page

CDC National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Diseases Surveillance (PulseNet) PulseNet is a national network of public health laboratories that perform pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), a type of DNA "fingerprinting", on certain foodborne bacteria, including Shigella.

CDC paper: Genetic characterization of Shigella flexneri isolates in Guizhou Province, China. 
Li S, et al. PLoS One. 2015 Jan 24;10(1):e0116708.

CDC paper: Defining the phylogenomics of Shigella species: A pathway to diagnostics.
Sahl JW, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jan 14.

Genomic analysis of the emergence of 20th century epidemic dysentery.
Rohmer L, et al. BMC Genomics. 2014 May 10;15:355.

Microbiota that affect risk for Shigellosis in children in low-income countries
Lindsay B, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Feb;21(2):242-250.

Isolation and development of bioluminescent reporter phages for bacterial dysentery
Schofield DA, et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Feb;34(2):395-403.