WTVQ Channel 36
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Fayette county health officials will have an update for you tomorrow on the shigellosis outbreak spreading around the city.
A press conference is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. at the Fayette County Health Department.
Shigella causes severe diarrhea and the passing of blood.
In 2003, there were only 136…

Tue, Jun. 28, 2005
Number of cases in Missouri third-highest in nation after Tennessee, Oklahoma
By ALAN BAVLEY
The Kansas City Star
Please, everybody wash your hands.
Thatís the message local health officials are stressing as the number of shigella infections in the Kansas City area this year rises over 200.
The bacterial illness, which causes vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea, is highly contagious and spreads easily when infected people donít employ good personal hygiene.
ìThis doesnít take many organisms to make you sick,î said Ron Griffin, manager of communicable disease prevention for the Kansas City Health Department. ìIf youíre infected, youíve absolutely got to keep your hands clean and not prepare food for others.îContinue Reading Shigella infections on the rise

FSnet June 24/05
Marler Clark News Release
http://www.marlerclark.com/news/gategourmet006.htm
SEATTLE ñ The Marler Clark law firm filed a second lawsuit against Gate Gourmet, the airline caterer responsible for an August, 2004 Shigella outbreak among passengers on outbound flights departing from Honolulu Airport. The complaint, which was filed Wednesday in United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (Case number CV05-00401 ACK LEK), was filed on behalf of seven more victims of the outbreak.
According to the Hawaii Department of Health, travelers aboard flights departing Honolulu for destinations in Japan, Australia, American Samoa, and twenty-two U.S. states became ill with a genetically indistinguishable strain of Shigella. The first complaint filed by Marler Clark was on behalf of a Florida resident, while the amended complaint includes plaintiffs from Michigan, Maryland, California, South Dakota, and Washington State. All plaintiffs were aboard one of three flights that departed Honolulu for the US mainland on August 22 or 23, 2004.Continue Reading More plaintiffs seek punitive damages in lawsuit against airline caterer

Friday, June 24, 2005
The Kansas City Metro area has seen an increase in Shigellosis, with 167 cases on the Missouri side and 6 cases reported in Johnson County .
Olathe, Kan. – infoZine – Shigella is transmitted by direct or indirect fecal-oral contact. Shigella may also be transmitted by ingesting contaminated food and water. Small children, the elderly, and the malnourished of any age are most susceptible to the disease and may have a more severe illness.
The average incubation period for Shigella ranges from 1-3 days but can range from 12-96 hours. A person infected with Shigella is infectious from the time they begin having symptoms. Untreated organisms can remain in the stool for 4 weeks or more.Continue Reading Shigellosis Awareness Issued by The Johnson County Health Department

LEXINGTON
June 22, 2005
Shigellosis cases are on the rise here in Fayette County, with 55 cases recorded so far, and it is one illness no parent wants to deal with.
Eight children were infected with the disease back in March. It started in a daycare and spread to a Versailles elementary school. Those cases…

Carla Wade
WTVQ Channel 36
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
The number or Shigella cases in Fayette County has skyrocketed since June. On June 2, The Fayette County Health Department reported 22 known cases. Now there are new cases, bringing the total to 55.
The 33 new cases are being reported mainly in small children and many have been associated with day care facilities in Fayette County.
Symptoms include diarrhea, fever, nausea, vomiting, and cramps.Continue Reading Shigella Outbreak Spreads In Fayette County

Wed, Jun. 22, 2005
MOST ARE YOUNG CHILDREN IN DAY-CARE CENTERS
By Barbara Isaacs
HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
Some Lexington day-care centers are still experiencing new cases of shigellosis, a form of dysentery that causes diarrhea, vomiting and fever, the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department reported yesterday.
As of Monday, 55 cases had been confirmed in the county.
Earlier in the month, as of June 2, there were 22 cases. The 33 new cases have occurred mostly among children ages four and under. Forty-nine of the cases have been associated with 10 day-care facilities in Fayette County.Continue Reading Fayette shigellosis cases reach 55

Sat, Jun. 04, 2005
Intestinal disease strikes day cares; 26 cases so far
By Steve Ivey
HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
Fayette County health officials are urging people to wash their hands often to contain a recent infectious disease outbreak.
Jim Wilkins, public information officer for the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department, said 26 cases of shigellosis have been reported since May 26.
Wilkins said 22 pre-school children and four parents have been diagnosed with shigellosis. He said the cases appeared in three Lexington day-care centers, but he declined to name them. The disease is most commonly spread when children or adults do not wash their hands after using the bathroom, before they prepare or eat food, after changing diapers or taking care of people who might be ill.Continue Reading Officials try to contain shigellosis