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Perhaps I'm misreading, or there's a deeper explanation, but if 165 million people are affected, then either more than 1 million die, or the mortality rate isn't 10-15%. Or does it cause ten cases of dysentery per person? Either way, the sentence needs to be changed somehow. JustinBlank ( talk) 06:06, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
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This article says:
"Ten to fifteen (10-15)% of people affected will die. In the developing world, Shigella causes approximately 165 million cases of severe dysentery and more than 1 million deaths each year," 1 million deaths out of 165 million cases = 0.6% Quite different to 10-15% |
Last edited at 07:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 05:59, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33296-8 JFW | T@lk 20:48, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
In multiple places the article lists serious complications (arthritis, sepsis, seizures, and hemolytic uremic syndrome), but no cited source supports this.
One location cites a CDC article, but the current version of the article does not mention complications. (The 2016 version of the article originally cited did.) The other location does not cite a source.
For such an important fact, a current source should be cited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:601:1B00:5390:51CE:2817:9ACB:8787 ( talk) 16:32, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
I want to include a sentence in the Transmission subsection, something like:
Found some primary sources that suggest it, but no secondary sources.
Also, found this secondary source on Acanthamoeba as an environmental host for Shigella. This may relate to what I am trying to say above, although I was going more for "exist free-standing in natural water sources" as opposed to inside an amoeba.
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Perhaps I'm misreading, or there's a deeper explanation, but if 165 million people are affected, then either more than 1 million die, or the mortality rate isn't 10-15%. Or does it cause ten cases of dysentery per person? Either way, the sentence needs to be changed somehow. JustinBlank ( talk) 06:06, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Shigellosis/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
This article says:
"Ten to fifteen (10-15)% of people affected will die. In the developing world, Shigella causes approximately 165 million cases of severe dysentery and more than 1 million deaths each year," 1 million deaths out of 165 million cases = 0.6% Quite different to 10-15% |
Last edited at 07:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 05:59, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33296-8 JFW | T@lk 20:48, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
In multiple places the article lists serious complications (arthritis, sepsis, seizures, and hemolytic uremic syndrome), but no cited source supports this.
One location cites a CDC article, but the current version of the article does not mention complications. (The 2016 version of the article originally cited did.) The other location does not cite a source.
For such an important fact, a current source should be cited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:601:1B00:5390:51CE:2817:9ACB:8787 ( talk) 16:32, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
I want to include a sentence in the Transmission subsection, something like:
Found some primary sources that suggest it, but no secondary sources.
Also, found this secondary source on Acanthamoeba as an environmental host for Shigella. This may relate to what I am trying to say above, although I was going more for "exist free-standing in natural water sources" as opposed to inside an amoeba.