title: Identification of Shigella flexneri isolates carrying the Shiga toxin 1-producing gene in Quebec, Canada, linked to travel to Haiti.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.|b Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Sadjia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bekal
authors.affiliation: c Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Pierre A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pilon
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cloutier
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.|d Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Doualla-Bell
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.|e Centre de recherche en infectiologie de l'Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Longtin
mesh_terms: D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000382:microbiology*; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D011792:Quebec; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D022622:Shiga Toxin 1