title: Water-melon as a vehicle of transmission of shigellosis.
abstract: An epidemic of Shigella sonnei infection is described in which the only common source of infection was the ingestion of water-melon. Bacteriological studies demonstrated that S. sonnei bacteria injected into water-melons could multiply to infective doses. Therefore water-melons should not be excluded as a possible source of S. sonnei infection.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fredlund
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bäck
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sjöberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Törnquist
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000254:growth & development*