title: An 11-year study of shigellosis and Shigella species in Taiyuan, China: Active surveillance, epidemic characteristics, and molecular serotyping.
abstract: A hospital-based surveillance of shigellosis was conducted in Taiyuan from 2005 to 2015. A total of 2655 stool cultures were collected from patients with diarrhea, 115 were identified as S. flexneri and 107 were S. sonnei. The highest infection rates were found among children under 5 years of age (34.2 %), and during the summer (61.0 %). ​Six serotypes were identified among S. flexneriisolates:1a, 2a, 2b, Xv, X and Y. Serotype 2a and Xv were the dominant serotypes in two periods, 2012-2015 and 2005-2008, respectively. High shigellosis rates over the past decade highlight shigellosis is still a major public health problem in Taiyuan.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: zhao929@163.com.
authors.forename: Lifeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Changping, Beijing 102206, China. Electronic address: xiongyanwen@icdc.cn.
authors.forename: Yanwen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: mdq1963@126.com.
authors.forename: Dequan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: jianeg1@163.com.
authors.forename: Jiane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: liyiping0509@126.com.
authors.forename: Yiping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: lirongemail@126.com.
authors.forename: Lirong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: 390076135@qq.com.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: yqwangzju@126.com.
authors.forename: Yanqin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: 406585258@qq.com.
authors.forename: Xiaofang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: 334015040@qq.com.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: ladi_zhang@163.com.
authors.forename: Ladi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: gaolibiology@163.com.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: wangjitao99@126.com.
authors.forename: Jitao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058889:Molecular Typing; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012703:Serotyping; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Infection rate; Molecular serotyping; Serotypes; Shigella; Shigellosis