Shigella is a bacterium that can cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans. Shigellosis is the name of the disease that Shigella causes. The illness is also known as "bacillary dysentery." Shigella bacteria can infect the intestinal tract after the ingestion of relatively few organisms. This is why shigellosis is the most communicable of
Lower Hudson Jewish Community Hit By Shigella Outbreak
The Journal News, the Gannett newspaper the Lower Hudson Valley including Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties in New York, today (4/17/08) is reporting on a Shigella outbreak involving local Jewish schools and day care centers. Here’s what Jane Lemer writes:
A total of 67 cases of shigellosis have been reported so far this year, Rockland Commissioner of Health
A total of 67 cases of shigellosis have been reported so far this year, Rockland Commissioner of Health
Six Month Old Shigella Outbreak In Indianapolis Shows No Sign Of Ending, Marion County Health Department Reports
We’ve been watching the Shigella outbreak in the Indianapolis area all winter. The pace continues with 16 new cases this week and 15 last week. The county’s health department marked the sixth month of the outbreak with a news release, which in part said:
Marion County’s Shigella outbreak has entered its six-month and local health
Shigella Outbreak Reported By Australian Disease Control
Adelaide in Southern Australia has an outbreak of Shigella, ABC News is reporting tonight (4/2/08).
Director of the infectious diseases control branch, Ann Koehler, says cases of the illness, known as shigella, have been reported across Adelaide.
Dr Koehler says it is one of the few types of gastro needing treatment with antibiotics because it
Director of the infectious diseases control branch, Ann Koehler, says cases of the illness, known as shigella, have been reported across Adelaide.