Editing Shigellosis (section)

==Prevention==
Simple precautions can be taken to prevent getting shigellosis: wash hands before handling food and thoroughly cook all food before eating. The primary prevention methods are improved sanitation and personal and food hygiene, but a low-cost and efficacious vaccine would complement these methods.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Mani |first1=Sachin |last2=Wierzba |first2=Thomas |last3=Walker |first3=Richard I. |date=2016 |title=Status of vaccine research and development for ''Shigella'' |journal=Vaccine |volume=34 |issue=26 |pages=2887–2894 |doi=10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.02.075 |pmid=26979135 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

Since shigellosis is spread very quickly among children, keeping infected children out of daycare for 24 hours after their symptoms have disappeared, will decrease the occurrence of shigellosis in daycares.<ref>mayo clinic {{cite web |url=http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/shigella/basics/prevention/con-20028418 |title=''Shigella'' infection - Symptoms and causes |website=[[Mayo Clinic]] |access-date=2015-09-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906072705/http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/shigella/basics/prevention/con-20028418 |archive-date=6 September 2015}}</ref>

===Vaccine===
Currently, no licensed vaccine targeting ''Shigella'' exists. Several vaccine candidates for ''Shigella'' are in various stages of development including live attenuated, conjugate, ribosomal, and proteosome vaccines.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.who.int/immunization/research/vaccine_pipeline_tracker_spreadsheet/en/ |title=WHO vaccine pipeline tracker |website=World Health Organization |language=en-GB |access-date=2016-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725174627/http://who.int/immunization/research/vaccine_pipeline_tracker_spreadsheet/en/ |archive-date=25 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=14 March 1997 |title=Vaccine Research And Development: New strategies for accelerating ''Shigella'' vaccine development |url=https://www.who.int/docstore/wer/pdf/1997/wer7211.pdf |journal=Weekly Epidemiological Record |volume=72 |issue=11 |pages=73–80 |pmid=9115858 |access-date=10 February 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519182955/http://www.who.int/docstore/wer/pdf/1997/wer7211.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2009}}</ref> ''Shigella'' has been a longstanding [[World Health Organization]] target for vaccine development, and sharp declines in age-specific diarrhea/dysentery attack rates for this pathogen indicate that natural immunity does develop following exposure; thus, vaccination to prevent the disease should be feasible. ''Shigella'' species are resistant to many antibiotics,<ref name=CDC2016Fact /> so vaccination is an important part of the strategy to reduce morbidity and mortality.<ref name=":0" />