infectious diseases
Shigellosis
Prevention of Shigellosis
Hands should be washed thoroughly before handling food. Soiled garments and bedclothes should be immersed in covered buckets of soap, water, and disinfectant until they can be washed in hot water. Appropriate isolation techniques (especially stool isolation) should be used with patients and carriers. A live oral vaccine is being developed, and field trials in endemic areas hold promise. However, immunity is generally type specific so presumably the vaccine would need to be polyvalent or contain an antigen common to multiple serotypes. 