Nature of the epidemic process in Sonne and Flexner dysenteries and the causes of its induction

Briko, N.I.; Sergevnin, V.I.; Papina, G.V.

Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 6: 95-99

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311
PMID: 6457474
Document Number: 179734
A comparative study of the epidemic process in Sh. sonnei and Sh. flexneri dysentery in different regions of the USSR revealed that the morbidity level of Sh. sonnei dysentery changed simultaneously in the regions under study at intervals of 2-3 years. Sh. flexneri dysentery showed morbidity rises occurring at intervals 6-8 years, and their occurrence did not coincide with the periods of elevated morbidity in Sh. sonnei dysentery. The data obtained in the cohort analysis and in the study of recurrent morbidity suggest that Sh. flexneri dysentery produces more pronounced postinfection immunity than Sh. sonnei dysentery, and the immunological factor probably affects the dynamics of the epidemic of these Shigella infections.

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