| shigellosis in the marshall islands: epidemiologic aspects of an outbreak. | an outbreak of diarrheal illness caused by shigella flexneri 1b and associated with 11 deaths occurred in the marshall islands during june and july 1977. a house-to-house survey on majuro indicated an attack rate of 6.2%. neither the survey nor a case-control study uncovered a common source of exposure on majuro, and it is believed that transmission was mainly person-to-person. socioeconomic factors, type of water supply, distance to municipal water supply, and type of sanitary facility could no ... | 1980 | 7386724 |