Characterization of
Shigella flexneri
serotype 6 strains from geographically diverse low- and middle-income countries
Caitlin E. Gabor,
Charlotte E. Chong,
Jose M. Lemme-Dumit
et al.
Abstract:Shigella flexneri
serotype 6 (
Sf
6) is one of the most common serotypes recovered from surveillance studies of moderate to severe diarrhea. Despite the clinical significance of
Sf
6, this serotype is understudied. In this work, we have performed both serotype-specific genomic and phenotypic comparisons of
Sf
6 isolates to one another and non-
S
.
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