{{cquote|In the mid-1970s, outbreaks of Shigella infection among adults in [[New York]] and [[San Francisco]] raised the possibility that Shigella species may be sexually transmitted, with most infections occurring in men who have sex with men (MSM). Since these early observations, Shigella infection appears to be more frequent among MSM than among other adult populations...<ref>[http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v44n3/41468/41468.html ''Clinical Infectious Diseases'' 2007;44:335-337]</ref>}}
{{cquote|In the mid-1970s, outbreaks of Shigella infection among adults in [[New York]] and [[San Francisco]] raised the possibility that Shigella species may be sexually transmitted, with most infections occurring in men who have sex with men (MSM). Since these early observations, Shigella infection appears to be more frequent among MSM than among other adult populations...<ref>[http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v44n3/41468/41468.html ''Clinical Infectious Diseases'' 2007;44:335-337]</ref>}}
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Shigellosis is one of the maladies of [[Gay bowel syndrome|gay bowel syndrome]].
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Shigellosis is one of the maladies of [[gay bowel syndrome]].