From 2007 to 2016, 20% of male shigellosis case-patients from 6 US jurisdictions had at least 1 bacterial sexually transmitted infection (chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis) reported 12 months before or after the shigellosis case report; 4% of female shigellosis cases had a sexually transmitted infection.
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