An Outbreak of Dysentery Caused by Shigella dysenteriae Type 1 on a Coral Island in the Bay of Bengal

• Published in: Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Main Authors: Mujibur Rahaman, M., Moslemuddin Khan, M., Aziz, K. M. S., Shafiqul Islam, M., Golam Kibriya, A. K. M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1975
• Subjects: Major Articles; Martin Island
• Online Access: http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/132/1/15; https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/132.1.15

An epidemic of severe dysentery occurred on St. Martin Island in the Bay of Bengal at a time when the island, with a population of 1,318, was isolated from the mainland because of the monsoon season. There were 434 cases and 28 deaths within a three-month period. Mortality (2%) was limited to the ve...