AUG 14, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Burden of Shigella infection in children under five years living in a peri-urban area of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: A community-based cohort study
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
A well-designed 12-month community cohort study with active and passive surveillance in a priority low-resource setting, providing incidence rates and risk factors for Shigella in children under five, but limited to a single peri-urban location and primarily descriptive rather than intervention-based.
Reported
Incidence rate (overall)6.8 per 1,000 child-months
95% CI (overall incidence)5.3–8.9
Incident Shigella cases56