title: Altering trends in the dominance of Shigella flexneri serotypes and emergence of serologically atypical S. flexneri strains in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
abstract: Of 469 recently isolated Shigella flexneri strains, 452 agglutinated with Shigella flexneri-specific monoclonal antibodies. Of these, 396 could be assigned to 10 of the currently recognized 15 serotypes, with S. flexneri 2b dominating (23.2%). Of the 56 untypeable strains which showed invasive properties, 17 were serologically atypical and the remaining 39 belonged to a new serotype.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. kaisar@icddrb.org
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Talukder
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ansaruzzaman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Carlin
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sack
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012703:Serotyping / Q000379:methods; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics