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Shigella is not a product of invention but rather a genus of bacteria that was discovered. It was first identified in the early 20th century by Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga, after whom the bacterium Shigella dysenteriae was named. Shigella species are known to cause bacillary dysentery or shigellosis in humans.

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