Population-based incidence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of shigellosis among children and adults from rural and urban Kenya, 2010–2019
The shigellosis burden was greatest among young toddlers in both urban and rural areas and was high among older adults in the rural setting. Although resistance to first-line antibiotics was infrequent, continued susceptibility monitoring is warranted.
Authors
- George Aol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1138-8149)
- Elizabeth Hunsperger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4450-621X)
- George Odongo
- Patrick K. Munywoki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9419-7155)
- Godfrey Bigogo
- George O. Agogo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-7743)
- Victor Omballa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2984-3012)
- Newton Wamola
- Robert F. Breiman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7099-2936)
- Alice Ouma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-4791)
- Jennifer R. Verani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5267-1883)
- Daisy Chepkemoi
- Clayton Onyango
- Billy Ogwel
- Joel M. Montgomery
- John B. Ochieng
- Richard Omore
- Marc-Alain Widdowson
- Jane Juma
- Eric D. Mintz
- Allan Audi
- Terry Komo
- Daniel R. Feikin
- Graeme Prentice-Mott
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (UG)
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (US)
- Waterborne Environmental (United States) (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KE)
- Oldham Council (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330888
- Primary Topic
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00