Outbreak of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei Associated with Travel to Vietnam, Republic of Korea
Jin Seok Kim, Jae Joon Kim, Soo Jin Kim, Se-Eun Jeon, Ki Yeon Seo, Jun-Kil Choi, Nan-Ok Kim, Sahyun Hong, Gyung Tae Chung, Cheon-Kwon Yoo, Young-Taek Kim, Hyeng Il Cheun, Geun-Ryang Bae, Yeong-Hee Yeo, Gang-Ja Ha, Mi-Suk Choi, Shin-Jung Kang, and Junyoung Kim
Author affiliations: Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju-si, South Korea (J.S. Kim, S.J. Kim, S.E. Jeon, N.-O. Kim, S. Hong, G.T. Chung, C.-K. Yoo, S.-J. Kang, J. Kim); Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Government, Changwon-si (J.J. Kim); Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si (K.Y. Seo, J.-K. Choi, Y.T. Kim, H.I. Cheun, G.-R. Bae); Gyeongsangnam-do Public Health and Environmental Research Institute, Changwon-si (Y.-H. Yeo, G.-J. Ha); Changnyeong Preservation of Health, Changnyeong-gun, South Korea (M.-S. Choi)
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Figure 1. Epidemic curve of the outbreak of illness caused by Shigella sonnei infection, by symptom onset date, South Korea, 2014. Black bar sections indicate laboratory-confirmed cases; white bar sections indicate probable cases; stars indicate cases found in daycare center. Arrows indicate dates of the events for an index case-patient with travel history to Vietnam and of public health notification of the outbreak.
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