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. 1999 Nov-Dec;5(6):820–823. doi: 10.3201/eid0506.990614

HIV infection as a risk factor for shigellosis.

J T Baer 1, D J Vugia 1, A L Reingold 1, T Aragon 1, F J Angulo 1, W Z Bradford 1
PMCID: PMC2640795  PMID: 10603219

Abstract

We investigated cases of shigellosis in San Francisco and Alameda Counties identified during 1996 by active laboratory surveillance to assess the role of HIV infection as a risk factor for shigellosis. Dramatically elevated rates of shigellosis in HIV-infected persons implicate HIV infection as an important risk factor for shigellosis in San Francisco.

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