Antimicrobial-resistant epidemic Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in Zambia: modes of transmission.

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Published in J Infect Dis on February 01, 1995

Authors

J Tuttle1, A A Ries, R M Chimba, C U Perera, N H Bean, P M Griffin

Author Affiliations

1: Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333.

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