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Shigella
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Shigella Blog
Shigella Hits San Diego
By Bill Marler
The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency is advising gay and bisexual men, homeless individuals, and people with compromised immune systems that they could be at an increased…
Food Safety News
Health departments investigate caterer in shigellosis outbreak
By News Desk
At least 17 people became sick after two events catered by the same Seattle caterer on March 3, spurring an outbreak investigation by the county and state health departments. Laboratory…
Shigella Blog
Shigella Hits Lexington Day Care
By Bill Marler
Several persons associated with a Lexington County pre-K may have been infected with a contagious bacteria, according to a letter issued by the state’s health department. Parents of the Lexington…
Shigella Blog
Shigella in Bali
By Bill Marler
In early September 2017, an over-30-year-old male who resides in northern Taiwan traveled to Bali, Indonesia with 18 tour group members. On the following day the case returned, he sought…
Shigella Blog
Camarillo Souplantation Tied to Shigella Outbreak
By Bill Marler
Ventura County Public Health was notified on Thursday, June 22nd, of an unusually high number of Shigella cases in the county. Shigellosis is an infectious disease caused by a group…
Food Poison Journal
What Souplantation should have known about Shigella
Shigella Shigella is the bacterium that causes the disease shigellosis, also known as bacillary dysentery. Shigella is one of the most easily transmitted bacterial diarrheas, since it can occur after…
Food Poison Journal
Shigella Hits Souplantation in Camarillo in California
By Bill Marler
Ventura County Public Health was notified on Thursday, June 22nd, of an unusually high number of Shigella cases in the county. Shigellosis is an infectious disease caused by a group…
Food Safety News
Souplantation restaurant implicated in shigellosis outbreak
By Coral Beach
Public health officials in California are praising the “swift and decisive action” of the Souplantation chain, which temporarily closed a restaurant in Camarillo in the midst of a shigellosis outbreak…
Shigella Blog
Altamonte Springs Daycare Linked to Shigella Outbreak
By Bill Marler
Florida health officials in Seminole County are warning about a shigella outbreak at a daycare. A shigella outbreak was reported to Florida Health Department officials on Tuesday at the Kids…
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Shigella in Stanislaus
By Bill Marler
Stanislaus County has seen an increase in Shigella infections this year. According to the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency, there has been 123 confirmed cases of Shigella in the county…