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Dysentery epidemiology and demographics

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Overview

Overview

Insufficient data exists, but conservative estimates from the WHO suggest that 90 million cases of Shigellosis are contracted annually, with at least 100,000 of these resulting in death.[1] Amebiasis is infecting over 50 million people each year, killing about 50,000.[2]

References

References

  1. ↑ World Health Organization. “Diarrhoeal Diseases”. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Byrne, Joseph Patrick (2008). Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics, and Plagues: A-M. ABC-CLIO. pp. 175–176. ISBN 0-313-34102-8.

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