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A short account of the types of dysentery in Sierra Leone: With report of a case of infection with Shigella Shigae

John D. Reid, Minnie Gosden

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Abstract A case of Sh. shigae dysentery is reported from Freetown, together with an account of the type of dysentery found there. All common types of dysentery bacilli have been isolated, except Sh. boydii . Bacillary and amoebic dysentery are equally common, but bacillary is commoner during the rainy season.

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Key concepts: Dysentery, Sierra leone, Shigella, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigellosis, Microbiology, Virology, Biology