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An acute infection of the intestine by Shigella bacteria
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shigellosis
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n. (context medicine English) A form of dysentery caused by intestinal infection with Shigella bacteria
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n. an acute infection of the intestine by Shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains [syn: bacillary dysentery ]
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Shigellosis , also known as bacillary dysentery or Marlow syndrome , in its most severe manifestation, is a foodborne illness caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Shigella . Shigellosis rarely occurs in animals other than humans. The causative organism ...
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, schistosomiasis, brucellosis, and shigellosis, to offer but a sampling.
Then there were all the diseases one is vulnerable to in the woods--giardiasis, eastern equine encephalitis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, schistosomiasis, brucellosis, and shigellosis, to offer but a sampling.