title: Inoculum size in shigellosis and implications for expected mode of transmission.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: DuPont
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Hornick
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Formal
mesh_terms: D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012762:Shigella dysenteriae; D012763:Shigella flexneri