The results of studies indicate that the morbidity rates of dysentery among children attending preschool institutions and children brought up at home converged in recent years. This phenomenon was most pronounced among children of the kindergarten age group. At the same time dysentery caused by Sh. sonnei and Sh. flexnery produced a higher morbidity rate among children attending nursery in comparison with that among children of the same age group brought up at home. Group infections in preschool institutions were caused by Sh. sonnei in 89.1% of cases and by Sh. flexneri in 10.9% of cases. Outbreaks due to the transfer of infection through everyday contacts were observed only in dysentery caused by Sh. sonnei, constituting 71.4% of the total number of dysentery outbreaks.
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