志贺氏细菌性痢疾是南亚国家的地方性流行病。据报道,发病率为1～15%。流行的血清型是弗氏志贺氏菌群,偶而也分离到宋内氏志贺氏菌株及波氏志贺氏菌株,很少遇到毒力较强的Ⅰ型痢疾志贺氏菌。 1969～1970年起源于中美国家的细菌性痢疾大流行,是由于出现了高毒力和高传染性的Ⅰ型痢疾志贺氏菌株所造成,它广泛传 Shigella bacillary dysentery is a endemic epidemic in South Asian countries. It is reported that the incidence rate of 1 to 15%. The prevailing serotype is Shigella flexneri, and Shigella sonnei and Shigella flexneri strains are occasionally isolated, rarely encountering virulent Shigella dysenteriae type I. The bacterial dysentery pandemic originated in 1969-1970 in China and the United States was caused by the emergence of a highly virulent and highly contagious Shigella type I dysentery strain