Prevalence of Shigellosis among household contacts of index cases in the EFGH catchment area, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The study revealed a high burden of asymptomatic Shigella-infected individuals, emphasizing the need for systematic surveillance to assess the burden and develop effective preventive strategies to prevent the spread of the disease.
Authors
- Faisal Ahmmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1604-0384)
- Firdausi Qadri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-304X)
- Saifa Raz
- Md Taufiqul Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1584-484X)
- Farhana Khanam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4158-5995)
- Amirul Islam Bhuiyan
- Md Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan
- Mahzabeen Ireen
- Md Ismail Hossen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3632-937X)
- Md Golam Firoj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1634-5729)
- Syed Qudrat-E-Khuda
- Md Nazmul Hasan Rajib
- Md Parvej Mosharraf
- Prasanta Kumar Biswas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2841-1860)
Institutions
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013644
- Primary Topic
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00