Thanks to lab-grown miniature intestines, researchers at Uppsala University have successfully mapped how aggressive Shigella bacteria infect the human gut. The study opens the door to using cultured ...

Thanks to lab-grown miniature intestines, researchers at Uppsala University have successfully mapped how aggressive Shigella bacteria infect the human gut. The study opens the door to using cultured ...

The European Commission has named the labs that will lead work on bacteria, parasites, and viruses. The European Reference Laboratories (EURLs) are for food- and water-borne bacteria, food- and ...

Bacteria uses multiple defense mechanisms to survive in the host body. Shigella bacteria, that causes colitis, disable multiple host defense pathways using three specialized effector proteins, as ...

Federal health officials have alerted the U.S. public that a drug-resistant strain of infectious Shigella bacteria is posing a threat to public health. In an April 9 report from the U.S. Centers for ...

Shigella, an increasingly hard to treat bacterial infection, is on the rise in Philadelphia, especially among people who are experiencing homelessness or use opioids. Eighty cases were reported to ...

The homeless community in Santa Clara County, California, is experiencing an outbreak of disease tied to shigella bacteria. The Santa Clara County Public Health Office released guidance concerning the ...

Three men sought help at clinics or emergency rooms in Los Angeles County over a three-month period this year, each reporting severe diarrhea and a recent history of sexual contact with other men.

Public health officials are investigating an outbreak of Shigella infections traced to a restaurant in Illinois. The LongHorn Steakhouse in Fairview Heights, IL, has been closed in relation to the ...