Bader M, Pedersen A H, Williams R, Spearman J, Anderson H
Sex Transm Dis. 1977 Jul-Sep;4(3):89-91. doi: 10.1097/00007435-197707000-00003.
In the past, shigellosis in Seattle-King County has been primarily a disease of children, their parients, and foreign travelers. During the 18 months beginning in July 1975, an outbreak of shigellosis in Seattle's community of gay men involved both Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei. They accounted for nearly 30% of all cases of shigellosis reported to the health department. Fellatio and/or oral-anal contact was reported by 90% of the infected homosexual men; this was probably the mechanism of transmission of most infections. Intercity spread was determined by case histories and by the finding of S. flexneri 3, a previously unusual organism in Seattle.
过去，西雅图-金县的志贺氏菌病主要是儿童、其父母及外国旅行者易患的疾病。在1975年7月开始的18个月里，西雅图男同性恋社区爆发了志贺氏菌病疫情，涉及弗氏志贺菌和宋内志贺菌。它们占向卫生部门报告的所有志贺氏菌病病例的近30%。90%的受感染同性恋男性报告有口交和/或口-肛接触；这可能是大多数感染的传播机制。通过病例记录以及在西雅图此前不常见的弗氏志贺菌3型的发现确定了城市间的传播情况。
