Emergence of novel strains of Shigella flexneri associated with sexual transmission in adult men in England, 2019-2020

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Emergence of novel strains of Shigella flexneri associated with sexual transmission in adult men in England, 2019-2020
 
Dallman, Timothy J; Charles, Hannah; Prochazka, Mateo; Sinka, Katy; Hughes, Gwenda; Godbole, Gauri; Jenkins, Claire
(2021) Journal of Medical Microbiology, volume 70, issue 10, pp. 1 - 7
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Abstract
National surveillance of shigellosis in England revealed an increase in sexually transmitted Shigella flexneri in adult males in 2019 that persisted throughout 2020. We observed a resurgence of azithromycin-resistant S. flexneri serotype 3a, and the emergence of two novel multidrug-resistant clades of S. flexneri 2a and S. flexneri 1b.
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Keywords: Multidrug resistance, Sexual transmission, Shigellosis, Surveillance, Microbiology, Microbiology (medical)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001437
ISSN: 0022-2615
Publisher: Society for General Microbiology
Note: Funding Information: This work was supported by National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and by National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Gastrointestinal Infections at University of Liverpool in partnership with PHE, in collaboration with University of East Anglia, University of Oxford and the Quadram Institute (109524). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors.
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