TABLE 2.
Numbers and serotypes of Shigella species recovered monthly from townships of Nantou County in 1995, 1996, and 1997a
| Month | No. of Shigella isolates recovered in indicated township or city in:
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| 1995
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1996
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1997
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| Renai | Hsini | Yuchr | Renai | Puli | Hsini | Renai | Puli | Hsini | Yuchr | Nantou | |
| January | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| February | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| March | 2 (1 was 3b) | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| April | 1c | 2 (1 was 3b) | |||||||||
| May | 6 | 2 (Ss) | |||||||||
| June | 1 (y) | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| July | 4 | 1 (Sb) | |||||||||
| August | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 (Ss) | ||||||
| September | 1 (3a) | 19 | 1 | 2 | 6 (2 were Ss) | 2 (1 was Ss) | |||||
| October | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
| November | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| December | 1 (y)d | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 (Ss) | ||||||
| Total | 4 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
a
S. flexneri isolates with serotypes other than 2a are indicated with “3a”, “3b”, or “y” in parentheses; species of S. boydii and S. sonnei are also indicated in parentheses with “Sb” and “Ss,” respectively. The isolate of S. boydii was recovered from a patient infected with an imported isolate. Eight isolates were recovered in 1995, 41 isolates were recovered in 1996, and 59 isolates were recovered in 1997.