| Literature DB >> 29210349 |
Jesse Bliss1, Malika Bouhenia2, Peter Hale1, Brianne A Couturier3, Anita S Iyer1, John Rumunu4, Stephen Martin5, Joseph F Wamala2, Abdinasir Abubakar2, David A Sack6, Francisco J Luquero7,6, Marc Roger Couturier8,3, Andrew S Azman9,10, Daniel T Leung8,1.
Abstract
Displaced persons living in camps are at an increased risk of diarrheal diseases. Subclinical carriage of pathogens may contribute to the spread of disease, especially for microbes that require a low infectious dose. Multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed to detect a panel of 20 bacterial, viral, and protozoal targets, and we report a high prevalence of enteropathogen carriage, including Shigella spp. or enteroinvasive Escherichia coli in 14%, among a sample of 88 asymptomatic individuals in an internally displaced persons camp in South Sudan. Further studies are needed to determine the contribution of such carriage to the spread of disease.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29210349 PMCID: PMC5929185 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0339
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN: 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345