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Who gets shigellosis?
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The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2023
Late last year, an outbreak of shigellosis — which can cause fever, stomach cramps and diarrhea — also brought back shuddering memories of how hepatitis A spread through, and beyond, the region’s homeless population in 2016-18, killing 20 people and hospitalizing hundreds.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
For eleven diseases - adenovirus infection, measles, Q fever, aseptic viral meningitis, enterovirus infection, gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, tularaemia, hantavirus infection, hepatitis A and shigellosis - outbreaks in the human population were significantly correlated to the NAO monthly index.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2013
While antibiotics are used to treat severe cases of shigellosis, there’s no specific medicine for norovirus.
—Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2023
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The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2023
Late last year, an outbreak of shigellosis — which can cause fever, stomach cramps and diarrhea — also brought back shuddering memories of how hepatitis A spread through, and beyond, the region’s homeless population in 2016-18, killing 20 people and hospitalizing hundreds.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
For eleven diseases - adenovirus infection, measles, Q fever, aseptic viral meningitis, enterovirus infection, gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, tularaemia, hantavirus infection, hepatitis A and shigellosis - outbreaks in the human population were significantly correlated to the NAO monthly index.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2013
While antibiotics are used to treat severe cases of shigellosis, there’s no specific medicine for norovirus.
—Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2023
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“Shigellosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shigellosis. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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