Shigella is a Gram-negative pathogen and the cause of shigellosis, a potentially deadly diarrheal disease whose symptoms range from mild intestinal discomfort to ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListPathogDisPMC5985476PathogDis.2016Jun1;74(4):ftw027.Publishedonline2016Apr6.doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftw027PMCID:PMC5985476PMID:27056949GenomediversityofShigellaboydiiDaneA.Kania,1TracyH.Hazen,1AnowarHossain,2JamesP.Nataro,3andDavidA.Rasko1DaneA.Kania1InstituteforGenomeSciences,DepartmentofMicrobiologyandImmunology,UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicine,801W.BaltimoreStreet,Suite600,Baltimore,MD21201,USAFindarticlesbyDaneA.KaniaTracyH.Hazen1InstituteforGenomeSciences,DepartmentofMicrobiologyandImmunology,UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicine,801W.BaltimoreStreet,Suite600,Baltimore,MD21201,USAFindarticlesbyTracyH.HazenAnowarHossain2ICDDRB,GPOBox128,Dhaka1000,BangladeshFindarticlesbyAnowarHossainJamesP.Nataro3DepartmentofPediatrics,UniversityofVirginiaSchoolofMedicine,Charlottesville,VA22908,USAFindarticlesbyJamesP.NataroDavidA.Rasko1InstituteforGenomeSciences,DepartmentofMicrobiologyandImmunology,UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicine,801W.BaltimoreStreet,Suite600,Baltimore,MD21201,USAFindarticlesbyDavidA.RaskoAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1InstituteforGenomeSciences,DepartmentofMicrobiologyandImmunology,UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicine,801W.BaltimoreStreet,Suite600,Baltimore,MD21201,USA2ICDDRB,GPOBox128,Dhaka1000,Bangladesh3DepartmentofPediatrics,UniversityofVirginiaSchoolofMedicine,Charlottesville,VA22908,USA*Correspondingauthor:InstituteforGenomeSciences,DepartmentofMicrobiologyandImmunology,UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicine,801W.BaltimoreStreet,Suite619,Baltimore,MD21201,USA.Tel:410-706-6774;†Presentaddress:SQUAREHospitalsLtd.,18/FWestPanthaPath,Dhaka1205,Bangladesh.Revised2016Feb7;Accepted2016Apr4.Copyright©FEMS2016.Allrightsreserved.Forpermissions,pleasee-mail: