Shigella sonnei outbreak among men who have sex with men in Tokyo

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2012;65(3):277-8. doi: 10.7883/yoken.65.277.

Authors

Michio Okame¹, Eisuke Adachi, Hidenori Sato, Shoichi Shimizu, Tadashi Kikuchi, Naoko Miyazaki, Michiko Koga, Hitomi Nakamura, Masato Suzuki, Naoki Oyaizu, Takeshi Fujii, Aikichi Iwamoto, Tomohiko Koibuchi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Applied Immunology, Research Hospital of The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.

PMID: 22627317
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.65.277

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Disease Outbreaks*
Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology
Homosexuality, Male*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sexual Behavior
Shigella sonnei / classification
Shigella sonnei / isolation & purification*
Tokyo / epidemiology