Identification of Shigella flexneri isolates carrying the Shiga toxin 1-producing gene in Quebec, Canada, linked to travel to Haiti

Can J Microbiol. 2015 Dec;61(12):995-6. doi: 10.1139/cjm-2015-0538. Epub 2015 Sep 10.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Dysentery, Bacillary / microbiology*
  • Haiti
  • Humans
  • Quebec
  • Shiga Toxin 1 / biosynthesis*
  • Shiga Toxin 1 / genetics
  • Shigella flexneri / classification
  • Shigella flexneri / genetics
  • Shigella flexneri / isolation & purification*
  • Shigella flexneri / metabolism
  • Travel

Substances

  • Shiga Toxin 1