"Shigella" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that ferments sugar without gas production. Its organisms are intestinal pathogens of man and other primates and cause bacillary dysentery (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY).
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D012760
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.450.425.850 B03.660.250.150.730
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Shigella" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical and environmental wastewater-based bacteriophage surveillance for high-impact diarrheal diseases, including cholera, in Bangladesh. mBio. 2026 Jan 14; 17(1):e0265425.
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Diarrheal Disease Attributed to Shigella spp. and Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli among Children at Households in Haiti: A Case-Control Study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2026 Jan 07; 114(1):31-37.
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Development of Shigella conjugate vaccines targeting Shigella flexneri 2a and S. flexneri 3a using a simple platform-approach conjugation by squaric acid chemistry. Vaccine. 2023 07 31; 41(34):4967-4977.
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Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants in Diarrheal Pathogens: A Cross-Institutional Pilot Study. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Aug 18; 21(16).
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VirF-independent regulation of Shigella virB transcription is mediated by the small RNA RyhB. PLoS One. 2012; 7(6):e38592.
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The effect of macrophage hydrolytic enzyme levels on the uptake and degradation of antigen and immune complexes. J Reticuloendothel Soc. 1975 Dec; 18(6):317-28.
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Gentamicin: clinical and laboratory studies in infants and children. J Infect Dis. 1969 Apr-May; 119(4):460-4.