... Shigella dysenteriae 1 was the first of the four Shigella species to be described in 1898 by the Japanese microbiologist K. Shiga, thus the name of Shiga bacillus. The four species share several major characteristics such as lack of ...
... Shigella dysenteriae Type 2 Among Laboratory Workers Due to Intentional Food Contamination , " JAMA ( Journal of the American Medical Association ) , August 6 , 1997 , pp . 396-398 . An earlier presentation of the JAMA study was given ...
... Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 O-specific polysaccharide (O-Ps) and DNA encoding 0 antigen biosynthesis, said DNA selected from the group consisting of: (a) the DNA sequence set out in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2 and species ...
... Shigella dysenteriae 1 , the classical Shiga bacillus , has been recognized as an unusually virulent organism capable of causing widespread epidemics distinguished by high case fatality and extreme debility in survivors . After the ...
... Shigella dysenteriae type 1 , the first Shigella species isolated , was discovered by Kiyoshi Shiga in 1896 ( 1 ) in the course of an epidemic of especially severe dysentery in Japan , with nearly 100,000 cases and 30,000 deaths . Shiga ...
... Shigella dysenteriae type 1 [ The characteristics of the biological properties of Shigella and Shigella flexneri type 5B . Bratoeva M , et al . J Hyg Epidemiol Microbiol Immunol 1991 ; 35 ( 1 ) : 35-9 Shigellosis [ editorial ] Ebrahim ...
... Shigella dysenteriae ; A03.1 shigellosis due to Shigella flexneri ; A03.2 shigellosis due to Shigella boydii ; A03.3 shigellosis due to Shigella sonnei ; A03.8 other shigellosis Synonyms : Bacillary dysentery . Etiology : The genus ...