An 11-year study of shigellosis and Shigella species in Taiyuan, China: Active surveillance, epidemic characteristics, and molecular serotyping

Lifeng Zhao; Yanwen Xiong; Dequan Meng; Jiane Guo; Yiping Li; Lirong Liang; Rui Han; Yanqin Wang; Xiaofang Guo; Rui Wang; Ladi Zhang; Li Gao; Jitao Wang

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2017.01.009

An 11-year study of shigellosis and Shigella species in Taiyuan, China: Active surveillance, epidemic characteristics, and molecular serotyping

J Infect Public Health. 2017 Nov-Dec;10(6):794-798. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.01.009. Epub 2017 Feb 7.

Authors

Lifeng Zhao¹, Yanwen Xiong², Dequan Meng³, Jiane Guo⁴, Yiping Li⁵, Lirong Liang⁶, Rui Han⁷, Yanqin Wang⁸, Xiaofang Guo⁹, Rui Wang¹⁰, Ladi Zhang¹¹, Li Gao¹², Jitao Wang¹³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
² State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Changping, Beijing 102206, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁵ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁸ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁹ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁰ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹¹ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹² Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹³ Laboratory of Microbiology, Taiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 030012, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28188118
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.01.009

Abstract

A hospital-based surveillance of shigellosis was conducted in Taiyuan from 2005 to 2015. A total of 2655 stool cultures were collected from patients with diarrhea, 115 were identified as S. flexneri and 107 were S. sonnei. The highest infection rates were found among children under 5 years of age (34.2 %), and during the summer (61.0 %). Six serotypes were identified among S. flexneriisolates:1a, 2a, 2b, Xv, X and Y. Serotype 2a and Xv were the dominant serotypes in two periods, 2012-2015 and 2005-2008, respectively. High shigellosis rates over the past decade highlight shigellosis is still a major public health problem in Taiyuan.

Keywords: Infection rate; Molecular serotyping; Serotypes; Shigella; Shigellosis.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
China / epidemiology
Dysentery, Bacillary / epidemiology*
Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology
Epidemiological Monitoring
Feces / microbiology
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Typing*
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Serotyping*
Shigella flexneri / classification*
Shigella flexneri / genetics
Shigella flexneri / isolation & purification*
Shigella sonnei / classification*
Shigella sonnei / genetics
Shigella sonnei / isolation & purification*
Young Adult