Browsing by Subject "Shigella"

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Isolation of bacteriophages from surface waters specific for Shigella dysenteriae and their characterization as potential biocontrol agents

Mubarak, Ayesha (Brac University, 2019-07)

Shigella is a low-infectious dose pathogen that can cause disease in healthy people. It causes a range of diseases from mild watery diarrhea to severe dysentery (shigellosis). The primary objective of this project was to ...
Protection against shigellosis caused by shigella dysenteriae serotype 4 in Guinea pigs using escherichia albertii dm104 as a live vaccine candidate strain

Chowdhury, Fatema Moni; Rahman, Mohammed Ziaur; Sarkar, Md Murshed Hasan; Rabbi, Fazle A.; Khan, Sirajulislam; Ahsan, Chowdhury Rafiqul; Birkeland, Nils Kåre (© 2017 Akadémiai Kiadó, 2017-06)

Recently, we reported the induction of protective immunity by environmental Escherichia albertii strain DM104 against Shigella dysenteriae in Guinea pig model. In this study, we assessed three different immunization routes, ...
A statistical correlation between virulence genes and clinical features among patients with shigellosis in Mirzapur, Bangladesh

Chowdhury, Dr. Visnu Pritom (BRAC University, 2016-09)

Even though, the annual number of Shigella episodes or fatalities are not as terrifying as was reported in 1999, these numbers are still unacceptable. Shigella spp. is still contributing to about 800,000 deaths globally ...