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Health department cites almost 80 cases of shigella, which can cause diarrhea, stomach pain and fever

An outbreak of a diarrheal infection has hit daycares across the county the past few months, according to the Citrus County Health Department.

Since January there have been almost 80 confirmed cases of shigella and about 30 other possible cases, assistant director of nursing Virginia Crandall said.

Shigella is an infection caused by a bacteria and can be easily passed from one person to another. Symptoms typically include diarrhea, which may include blood or mucous, abdomi-nal pain and fever. Symptoms typically begin within one to seven days of exposure and range from mild to severe.

“This is not a germ that we’ve seen very much in the last few years in Citrus County,” Crandall said.

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The CDC today released its preliminary 2006 food-borne illness data from 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. A total of 17,252 confirmed cases (actual cases may be anywhere between 20 and 30 times the confirmed cases) of food-borne illness were reported in those states in 2006, according to the CDC. The most commonly reported illnesses were:

Salmonella: 6,655 cases

Campylobacter: 5,712 cases

Shigella: 2,736 cases

Cryptosporidium: 859 cases

E. coli O157: 590 cases

E. coli non-O157: 209 cases

Yersinia: 158 cases

Vibrio: 154 cases

Listeria: 138 cases

Cyclospora: 41 cases

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The Katy Independent School District and Harris County health officials are trying to prevent an intestinal disease from turning into an outbreak at Golbow Elementary School.

Several Golbow students have recently been diagnosed with shigellosis, a bacterial disease that causes diarrhea and other symptoms, said Carolyn S. Fruthaler, chief of Disease Control & Medical Epidemiology for the Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services Department.

In a Tuesday letter to parents of Golbow students, Fruthaler said her department has been working closely with KISD and school officials because “several cases can quickly lead to an explosive outbreak, especially in elementary schools. Although rare, shigellosis can cause very serious illness and hospitalization.”

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Erin Ochoa KVUE reports:

School officials in Round Rock are trying to stop the spread of a highly-contagious disease. The Williamson County Health Department says it has seen more than thirty cases of shigella in Round Rock, most of them in children.

Shigella is an infectious disease that's caused by bacteria. So far, more than twenty-two students at Forest Creek Elementary and two at Ridgeview Middle School – both in Round Rock ISD -- have reported having symptoms of Shigella. School officials are now doing all they can to stop the spread of the disease.

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