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Shigellosis linked to sex venues, Australia
Belinda O'Sullivan1, Valerie Delpech, Giulietta Pontivivo
1New South Wales Health Department, New South Wales, Australia.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|July 27, 2002
Abstract:
From January 1 to July 31, 2000, 148 cases of Shigella infection were reported in New South Wales, Australia, compared with an annual average of 95 cases. Of reported cases, 83% were confirmed as Shigella sonnei biotype G infections; 80% were in homosexual men. Visiting a sex venue in the 2 weeks before onset of illness was the only factor significantly associated with shigellosis.