A new method for identifying and typing Shigella strains

A team from the Institut Pasteur and their international colleagues have recently validated a new method that uses the genome of Shigella bacteria to improve identification and typing.

Infectious diarrhea represents a major public health problem at global level. Two forms of infectious diarrhea, shigellosis and bacillary dysentery, caused by bacteria of the Shigella group, are responsible for 200,000 deaths each year worldwide, especially in children.

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