Betekenis van:
shigellosis
shigellosis
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Shigellosis
- SHIGELLOSIS
- Any person meeting the clinical criteria and with laboratory criteria for probable case with an epidemiological link to a chain of transmission where at least one case has been independently verified by a WHO SARS reference and verification laboratory SHIGELLOSIS (Shigella spp.) Clinical criteria Any person with at least one of the following four: Diarrhoea Fever Vomiting Abdominal pain Laboratory criteria Isolation of Shigella spp. from a clinical specimen Epidemiological criteria At least one of the following five epidemiological links: Human to human transmission Exposure to a common source Animal to human transmission Exposure to contaminated food/drinking water Environmental exposure Case classification