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Pathogenicity Islands of Shigella

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Pathogenicity Islands and the Evolution of Pathogenic Microbes

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ((CT MICROBIOLOGY,volume 264/1))

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Shigella species are the causative agents of bacillary dysentery. Signs of disease range from mild diarrhea to a severe form of disease including fever, abdominal cramps, and stools containing blood, pus and mucus. Shigella are primarily human pathogens but can produce disease symptoms in other primates (Sansonetti 1992).

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  1. The Skirball Institute and Department of Microbiology, New York University Medical Center, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA

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  3. Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Schumannstraße 21/22, Campus Charité Mitte, 10117, Berlin, Germany

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Ingersoll, M., Groisman, E.A., Zychlinsky, A. (2002). Pathogenicity Islands of Shigella . In: Hacker, J., Kaper, J.B. (eds) Pathogenicity Islands and the Evolution of Pathogenic Microbes. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 264/1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09217-0_4

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