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Additional resources on Listeria monocytogenes:
A number of key sources on Shigella spp. and shigellosis are available. For a comprehensive overview on Shigella, we suggest the book "[A Guide to Foodborne Pathogens|http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471350346.html]" or "[Foodborne Pathogens: Microbiology and Molecular Biology|http://www.horizonpress.com/fbp]".  For public health advise on how to reduce the risk of shigellosis infections, a number of WWW pages are available from the US CDC, including a factsheet on "[Shigellosis|http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/shigellosis/]" and also a brief overview of "[Shigella and Drinking Water from Private Wells|http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/private/wells/disease/shigella.html]".  Also, from the WHO a guide on world disease burden of Shigella "[WHO: Diarrhoeal Diseases|http://www.who.int/vaccine_research/diseases/diarrhoeal/en/index6.html].

 References
1[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShigellaImage Added|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigella]
2Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15  [PMID:21192848|http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21192848]

3[http://www.who.int/vaccine_research/diseases/diarrhoeal/en/index6.htmlImage Added|http://www.who.int/vaccine_research/diseases/diarrhoeal/en/index6.html]