ArticleWestern Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR2014
A large outbreak of shigellosis commencing in an internally displaced population, Papua New Guinea, 2013.
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- Delivering infectious disease interventions to women and children in conflict settings: a systematic reviefw.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
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- High Prevalence ofThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018Article
- A High Burden of Asymptomatic Gastrointestinal Infections in Traditional Communities in Papua New Guinea.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- Virulence and Stress Responses ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2017Article
- Prevalence, resistance patterns, and characterization of integrons of Shigella flexneri isolated from Jiangsu Province in China, 2001-2011.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2016Article
- Resistant Shigella strains in refugees, August-October 2015, Greece.Epidemiology and infection · 2016Article
- Shigellosis Outbreak in Al Batinah South Governorate, Oman: Case-control study.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2015Article
- Diarrhoeal disease surveillance in Papua New Guinea: findings and challenges.Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSARArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this study was to investigate a large outbreak of shigellosis in Papua New Guinea that began in a camp for internally displaced persons before spreading throughout the general community.
methodsOutbreak mitigation strategies were implemented in the affected area to curtail the spread of the disease. Data were collected from the surveillance system and analysed by time, place and person. Rectal swab samples were tested by standard culture methods and real-time polymerase chain reaction to determine the etiology of the outbreak.
resultsLaboratory analysis at two independent institutions established that the outbreak was caused by Shigella sp., with one strain further characterized as Shigella flexneri serotype 2. Approximately 1200 suspected cases of shigellosis were reported in a two-month period from two townships in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The outbreak resulted in at least five deaths, all in young children. DISCUSSION: This outbreak of shigellosis highlights the threat of enteric diseases to vulnerable populations such as internally displaced persons in Papua New Guinea, as has been observed in other global settings.
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