Thesaurus results for SHIGELLOSIS

shigellosis

noun

as in dysentery

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Recent Examples of shigellosis Ebola is tricky to clinically diagnose because symptoms at early stage of the disease are similar to other infectious diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever, shigellosis, meningitis and other viral haemorrhagic fevers. —

Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 18 May 2026 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning about a drug-resistant strain of shigella, a bacteria that commonly causes a gastrointestinal illness called shigellosis, as the agency is calling this new strain a public health threat. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026 Shigella, a gram-negative bacteria, causes a diarrheal illness called shigellosis. —

Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026 Housing is a major factor in the spread, say Portland health officials The dysentery infection currently spreading most prominently among Multnomah County is shigellosis, the most common form of dysentery infection caused by the shigella bacteria. —

Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shigellosis

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Olena worried that there might be an outbreak of dysentery.

— James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
Flies do spread germs that cause diseases like dysentery, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, food poisoning, and cholera.1 Because of this, discard any food flies have come in contact with.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026