title: Emergence of a novel Shigella flexneri serotype 1d in China.
abstract: We report on the isolation of 5 Shigella flexneri strains displaying a novel serotype, 1d, that shares serologic features from both S. flexneri serotypes 1a and X. The 1d strains contained serotype-converting bacteriophages SfI and SfX in tandem on the chromosome. These strains were likely originated from serotype X strains through SfI infection.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, P.O. Box 5, Changping, Beijing 102206, China.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Qiangzheng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ruiting
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhenjun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shengli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Yiting
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xuejiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D039002:Prophages / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012703:Serotyping; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000821:virology