He also actively contributes to the development of vaccine candidates against the major shigellae causing dysentery in the developing world.
Many of these were known to come from humans or to cause dysentery in humans.
Cultures of stool samples are examined in order to identify the organism causing dysentery.
Some forms of shigella, generally found in developing countries, can cause dysentery, which may lead to kidney failure and death.
Lex says that failure to do so can cause Amoebic dysentery.
They also believed koti from a poor man watching someone eating a delicious food will cause stomach-aches and dysentery.
In 1897 he isolates and described the organism that caused dysentery.
Shigellosis causes severe dysentery but usually goes away in about a week.
They showed that parasites cause amebic dysentery and discovered a treatment for it.