Shigellosis, or bacterial dysentery, seems to be more widespread among poor populations in Asia than previously thought, and antibiotic resistant strains of different species have emerged, a large multi-country disease burden study coordinated by the IVI has found.

IIn the population-based study led by Dr. Lorenz von Seidlein of the IVI, over 600,000 people of all ages living in low-income study sites in six Asian countries were monitored through passive surveillance...