Table 3.
Serogroups distribution of Shigella over a 50 year period in Ghana
Studies in Ghana |
S.flexneri n (%) |
S.dysenteriae n (%) |
S. boydii n(%) |
S. sonnei n(%) |
Total |
Present study | 17(70.8) | 4(16.7) | 1(4.2) | 2(8.3) | 24 |
8Agbodaze et al, 1989 | 38(80.9 | 7(14.9) | 1(2.1) | 1(2.1) | 47 |
9Afoakwa, 1973 | 690(82.1) | 94(11.4) | 30(3.6) | 23(2.9) | 827 |
10Hughes, 1955 | 159(76.3) | 22(10.7) | 2(1.0) | 25(12.0) | 208 |