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'''Shigellosis''' is any condition caused by infection with organisms of the genus [[Shigella]], such as bacillary [[dysentery]].<ref>http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_s_10zPzhtm</ref> Shigellosis produces intestinal pain and diarrhea with mucus and blood in the stool.<ref>http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6323</ref> Shigellosis is particularly common in tropical countries, but frequently occurs in other places as well. It is particularly hazardous for people with [[AIDS]] or other immunodeficiency states. <ref>http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6323</ref>
'''Shigellosis''' is any condition caused by infection with organisms of the genus [[Shigella]], such as bacillary [[dysentery]].<ref>http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_s_10zPzhtm</ref> Shigellosis produces intestinal pain and diarrhea with mucus and blood in the stool.<ref>http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6323</ref> Shigellosis is particularly common in tropical countries, but frequently occurs in other places as well. It is particularly hazardous for people with [[AIDS]] or other immunodeficiency states. <ref>http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6323</ref>
==Homosexuality and Shigellosis==
In 2007 the journal ''Clinical Infectious Diseases'' reported the following in a article entitled ''Another Perfect Storm: Shigella, Men Who Have Sex with Men, and HIV'':
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) [3, 4]. 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>
Shigellosis is one of the maladies of [[Gay Bowel Syndrome|gay bowel syndrome]].
Shigellosis is one of the maladies of [[Gay Bowel Syndrome|gay bowel syndrome]].
[[Category:Disease]]
[[Category:Disease]]