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- proper noun a
prefecture in Japan, its capital isŌtsu .
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Examples
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As part of a plan to help preserve the species, High School student Kotaro Shiga is placed into a state of suspended animation.
DC Comics for May 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1), also known as the Shiga bacillus, is the most virulent of the four serogroups of Shigella.
Chapter 2 1996
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But a small number produce a toxin known as Shiga that can cause serious illness or death in people.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Lyndsey Layton 2011
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It infects people and pumps out a poison called Shiga toxin.
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The outbreak in Europe is thought to be caused by a microbe called Shiga toxin-producing E. coli or STEC, O104:H4.
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It infects people and pumps out a poison called Shiga toxin.
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German officials said Thursday they suspected cucumbers imported from Spain as a possible source of the outbreak of haemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious complication of a type of E. coli known as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC).
Reuters: Top News 2011
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It infects people and pumps out a poison called Shiga toxin.
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German officials said Thursday they suspected cucumbers imported from Spain as a possible source of the outbreak of haemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious complication of a type of E. coli known as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC).
Reuters: Top News 2011
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It infects people and pumps out a poison called Shiga toxin.
The Seattle Times 2012
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