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[[Image:Gech 0001 0004 0 img0247.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|[[Shigella]] [[bacteria]] cause shigellosis]]'''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. Shigellosis is particularly hazardous for individuals with [[AIDS]] or other immunodeficiency states. <ref>http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6323</ref>

[[Image:Gech 0001 0004 0 img0247.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|[[Shigella]] [[bacteria]] cause shigellosis]]

'''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. Shigellosis is particularly hazardous for individuals with [[AIDS]] or other immunodeficiency states. <ref>http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6323</ref>

 

==Homosexuality and Shigellosis==

==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 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'':  

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]].

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