High Prevalence of Shigella or Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli Carriage among Residents of an Internally Displaced Persons Camp in South Sudan

Displaced persons living in camps are at an increased risk of diarrheal diseases. Subclinical carriage of pathogens may contribute to the spread of disease, especially for microbes that require a low infectious dose. Multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed to detect a panel of 20...

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Published in:The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2018-01, Vol.98 (2), p.595-597
Main Authors: Bliss, Jesse, Bouhenia, Malika, Hale, Peter, Couturier, Brianne A, Iyer, Anita S, Rumunu, John, Martin, Stephen, Wamala, Joseph F, Abubakar, Abdinasir, Sack, David A, Luquero, Francisco J, Couturier, Marc Roger, Azman, Andrew S, Leung, Daniel T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Displaced persons
Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology
E coli
Escherichia coli - pathogenicity
Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology
Feces - microbiology
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Prevalence
Refugee Camps - statistics & numerical data
Refugees - statistics & numerical data
Shigella - pathogenicity
South Sudan - epidemiology
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Summary:Displaced persons living in camps are at an increased risk of diarrheal diseases. Subclinical carriage of pathogens may contribute to the spread of disease, especially for microbes that require a low infectious dose. Multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed to detect a panel of 20 bacterial, viral, and protozoal targets, and we report a high prevalence of enteropathogen carriage, including spp. or enteroinvasive in 14%, among a sample of 88 asymptomatic individuals in an internally displaced persons camp in South Sudan. Further studies are needed to determine the contribution of such carriage to the spread of disease.
ISSN:0002-9637
1476-1645
DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.17-0339