Shigella Surveillance

Key points

  • National Shigella surveillance data are collected through passive surveillance of laboratory-confirmed human Shigella infections.
  • Clinical diagnostic laboratories submit Shigella isolates to state and territorial public health laboratories, where they are confirmed, speciated, and subtyped.
  • Unusual or untypable isolates are forwarded to ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø; results are then reported back to public health laboratories.
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Surveillance overview

State and territorial public health laboratories report Shigella infections electronically to ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø through a variety of mechanisms. Data are collected into the Laboratory-Based Enteric Disease Surveillance (LEDS) system. The annual summaries of these data are the national source of species and subtype information for Shigella.

National Shigella Surveillance Overview [PDF – 2 pages]

Annual Summaries

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National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)