Correction: Use of Population-based Surveillance to Define the High Incidence of Shigellosis in an Urban Slum in Nairobi, Kenya

In the original article, we reported detection of 6 Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1) isolates. Because of substantial interest in Sd1, formerly a common cause of epidemics of severe dysentery, we went back to the specimens and repeated the microbiology. Flow chart illustrating distribution of diarr...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-08, Vol.9 (8), p.e105031
Main Authors: Njuguna, Henry N, Cosmas, Leonard, Williamson, John, Nyachieo, Dhillon, Olack, Beatrice, Ochieng, John B, Wamola, Newton, Oundo, Joseph O, Feikin, Daniel R, Mintz, Eric D, Breima, Robert F
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Language:English
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Dysentery
Microbiology
Pathogens
Shigellosis
Surveillance
Waterborne diseases
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Summary:In the original article, we reported detection of 6 Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1) isolates. Because of substantial interest in Sd1, formerly a common cause of epidemics of severe dysentery, we went back to the specimens and repeated the microbiology. Flow chart illustrating distribution of diarrhea cases and shigella species isolated between 1 Jan 2007 and 31 Dec 2010 in Kibera, Kenya. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058437.g002 We have also revised Figure 2, which can be viewed here. 1.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0105031