Publications
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| short report: high incidence of shigellosis among peruvian soldiers deployed in the amazon river basin. | we investigated the etiology of acute diarrhea among peruvian military recruits undergoing three months of basic combat training near the amazonian city of iquitos. from january through september 2002, 307 of 967 recruits were seen at the health post for diarrhea (attack rate [ar] = 31.8%, incidence = 1.28 95% confidence interval [ci] = 1.14-1.43] episodes/person-year). shigella spp. were the most common bacterial pathogen recovered from recruits experiencing diarrhea episodes. these bacteria we ... | 2004 | 15211010 |