Volume 20, Number 10—October 2014
Research
Clinical Isolates of Shiga Toxin 1a–Producing Shigella flexneri with an Epidemiological Link to Recent Travel to Hispañiola
Table 1
Isolation information for clinical strains of Shigella flexneri , USA, 2001–2013*
Strain | Source state (laboratory no.) | Isolation date | Recent travel destination |
---|---|---|---|
stx1a-positive | |||
BS937 | HI (HI_N10–094) | 2010 Mar | Haiti |
BS938 | MA (MA_12EN1615) | 2012 May | NA |
BS942 | MA (MA_10EN1901) | 2010 Sep | NR |
BS943 | MA (MA_11EN1036) | 2011 Jun | NA |
BS951 | PA (05E00067) | 2005 Jan | NR |
BS954 | PA (05E02261) | 2005 Dec | Dominican Republic |
BS955 | PA (06E00134) | 2006 Jan | NR |
BS957 | PA (06E00281) | 2006 Feb | NR |
BS958 | PA (06E00283) | 2006 Jan | NR |
BS959 | PA (06E00305) | 2006 Feb | NR |
BS960 | PA (06E00941) | Unknown | Haiti |
BS963 | PA (08E01943) | 2008 Sep | NR |
BS965 | PA (M09015890001A) | 2009 Jul | NA |
BS968 | PA (M10005231001A) | 2010 Feb | Haiti |
BS971 | PA (M11028960001A) | 2011 Nov | Haiti |
BS972 | MA (12EN7814) | 2012 Nov | NR‡ |
BS974 | IN (01–3105)† | 2001 Apr | Haiti |
BS980 | MA (05–3606)† | 2005 Oct | NR‡ |
BS981 | CT (06–3001)† | 2005 Dec | Dominican Republic |
BS982 | GA (08–3370)† | 2008 Apr | NR |
BS988 | CT (2012C-3273 † | 2012 Jan | Haiti |
BS989 | CT (2013C-3310)† | 2013 (month unknown) | NR |
BS998 | PA (M13004940001A) | 2013 Mar | Haiti |
BS999 | MA (MA_13EN0428) | 2013 Jan | Haiti |
BS1010 | MD (MDA10005139) | 2009 Dec | Dominican Republic |
BS1011 |
MD (MDA12018728) |
2012 Jan |
NA |
stx1a-negative | |||
BS952 | PA (05E00414) | 2005 Apr | Peru |
BS969 | PA (M11015188001A) | 2011 Jun | India |
BS970 | PA (M11015261001A) | 2011 Jun | NR |
*NA, no information available; NR, none reported; stx1a, Shiga toxin 1a gene.
†Obtained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
‡No foreign travel reported, but patient had contact with a person who recently returned from Haiti.