Although Escherichia coli can be an innocuous resident of the gastrointestinal tract, it also
has the pathogenic capacity to cause significant diarrheal and extraintestinal diseases …

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a disease of nonimmune (Coombs negative) hemolytic
anemia, low platelet count, and renal impairment (1). Anemia is severe and …

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a thrombotic microangiopathy defined by
thrombocytopenia, nonimmune microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and acute renal failure …

Background The short-and medium-term effects of conflict on population health are
reasonably well documented. Less considered are its consequences across generations …

In 1999, a review of the literature for 1966–1997 suggested that≈ 1.1 million persons die
annually of shigellosis, including≈ 880,000 in Asia. Our recent review of the literature for …

Shigella spp. are some of the key pathogens responsible for the global burden of diarrhoeal
disease. These facultative intracellular bacteria belong to the family Enterobacteriaceae …

Diarrhea is a leading cause of illness and death, particularly in developing countries.
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), enteroinvasive E. coli …

Coordinated and effective interventions are critical for relief efforts to be successful in
addressing the health needs of children in situations of armed conflict, population …

The harm that pathogens cause to hosts during infection, termed virulence, varies across
species from negligible to a high likelihood of rapid death. Classic theory for the evolution of …

Abstract Effects of various antimicrobials on in vitro Shiga toxin production and release by
Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 was investigated in this study with particular reference to the …