Epidemiological study of shigellosis in an urban area of Argentina

Introduction: Shigellosis represents one of the main causes of bloody diarrhoea in South America. This study aimed to establish the incidence of shigellosis in an urban zone of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by examining the type of Shigella and living conditions associated with this infection. Methodolo...

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Autores principales: Rolfo, Florencia, Marín, Gustavo Horacio, Silberman, Martín, Pattin, Jorgelina, Giugnio, Silvina, Gatti, Blanca, Bettiol, Marisa, Rigoni, Ana
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Publicado: 2012
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Ciencias Médicas
Shigella
urban
risk factors
drinking water
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/162126
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1621262023-12-30T04:06:39Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/162126 Epidemiological study of shigellosis in an urban area of Argentina Rolfo, Florencia Marín, Gustavo Horacio Silberman, Martín Pattin, Jorgelina Giugnio, Silvina Gatti, Blanca Bettiol, Marisa Rigoni, Ana 2012 2023-12-29T15:14:19Z en Ciencias Médicas Shigella urban risk factors drinking water Introduction: Shigellosis represents one of the main causes of bloody diarrhoea in South America. This study aimed to establish the incidence of shigellosis in an urban zone of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by examining the type of Shigella and living conditions associated with this infection. Methodology: Between January 2009 and December 2010 we analyzed shigellosis in children admitted to the public health service with bloody diarrhoea from La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A total of 372 children under 15 years old with Shigella present in their stool samples were admitted to the study. Variables studied were patient age, type of Shigella, family economic status, and access to sewage services and safe drinking water. Results: Shigella flexneri was found to be present in 66.8% of the cases. Incidence was 187 cases/year/100,000 children under 15 years old. Cases were mainly observed during the summer (38.5%) in the population of under 5 years old (69.1% of all cases). The risk of shigellosis increased 12 times in those children who lacked safe drinking water and this risk increased 1.5 times in the population without sewage services. Fewer cases of shigellosis were noted in downtown areas, while hot spots were identified in the suburbs. Treating one case of shigellosis has a local cost of US $976 while assuring safe drinking water and sewage services for one family costs US $634. Conclusion: Incidence of shigellosis in urban areas is associated with quality of water and sewage services. Policies aimed at providing education and improving public utilities networks can help to reduce the incidence of shigellosis. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Articulo Articulo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf 324-328
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topic Ciencias Médicas
Shigella
urban
risk factors
drinking water
spellingShingle Ciencias Médicas
Shigella
urban
risk factors
drinking water
Rolfo, Florencia
Marín, Gustavo Horacio
Silberman, Martín
Pattin, Jorgelina
Giugnio, Silvina
Gatti, Blanca
Bettiol, Marisa
Rigoni, Ana
Epidemiological study of shigellosis in an urban area of Argentina
topic_facet Ciencias Médicas
Shigella
urban
risk factors
drinking water
description Introduction: Shigellosis represents one of the main causes of bloody diarrhoea in South America. This study aimed to establish the incidence of shigellosis in an urban zone of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by examining the type of Shigella and living conditions associated with this infection. Methodology: Between January 2009 and December 2010 we analyzed shigellosis in children admitted to the public health service with bloody diarrhoea from La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A total of 372 children under 15 years old with Shigella present in their stool samples were admitted to the study. Variables studied were patient age, type of Shigella, family economic status, and access to sewage services and safe drinking water. Results: Shigella flexneri was found to be present in 66.8% of the cases. Incidence was 187 cases/year/100,000 children under 15 years old. Cases were mainly observed during the summer (38.5%) in the population of under 5 years old (69.1% of all cases). The risk of shigellosis increased 12 times in those children who lacked safe drinking water and this risk increased 1.5 times in the population without sewage services. Fewer cases of shigellosis were noted in downtown areas, while hot spots were identified in the suburbs. Treating one case of shigellosis has a local cost of US $976 while assuring safe drinking water and sewage services for one family costs US $634. Conclusion: Incidence of shigellosis in urban areas is associated with quality of water and sewage services. Policies aimed at providing education and improving public utilities networks can help to reduce the incidence of shigellosis.
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author Rolfo, Florencia
Marín, Gustavo Horacio
Silberman, Martín
Pattin, Jorgelina
Giugnio, Silvina
Gatti, Blanca
Bettiol, Marisa
Rigoni, Ana
author_facet Rolfo, Florencia
Marín, Gustavo Horacio
Silberman, Martín
Pattin, Jorgelina
Giugnio, Silvina
Gatti, Blanca
Bettiol, Marisa
Rigoni, Ana
author_sort Rolfo, Florencia
title Epidemiological study of shigellosis in an urban area of Argentina
title_short Epidemiological study of shigellosis in an urban area of Argentina
title_full Epidemiological study of shigellosis in an urban area of Argentina
title_fullStr Epidemiological study of shigellosis in an urban area of Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiological study of shigellosis in an urban area of Argentina
title_sort epidemiological study of shigellosis in an urban area of argentina
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