Shigellosis cases continue to rise in Louisville, with 18 laboratory-confirmed cases last week.
That’s the highest number in any week so far during the current outbreak, which has seen 84 confirmed cases in 13 weeks.
Shigellosis is a highly-contagious diarrhea illness caused by Shigella bacteria. Symptoms include watery or loose stools for several days, and
There has been a noticeable spike in Shigella infections throughout Florida and Georgia (the First Coast). In Florida, for example, there were 1,213 reported Shigella infections in 2010. This year, there has been 2,218 cases. The reason for the spike is not currently known, although the Duval County Health Department is busy investigating.
Shigella belongs
Forty-five people in Brooklyn’s ultra-Orthodox communities in Williamsburg and Borough Park have been infected by shigella since August, according to city health officials.
Each year, New York City has between 300 and 400 cases of the disease, which frequently crops up in day care centers and other places where children congregate. The majority of those affected
Shigella is a highly contagious and virulent bug that is commonly the culprit in outbreaks at schools and other institutional settings. Shigella outbreaks are frequently caused by the fecal-oral route, whether the route of ultimate transmission be food or contact with surfaces contaminated by the bacteria. This means that bacteria from the stool of an
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There’s a bacterial infection making the rounds in the Hub City. Shigellosis is the result of a battle of bacteria. Due to an increasing number of gastrointestinal illnesses, the Lubbock Health Department is trying to spread the word about this nasty germ. It’s not uncommon for an outbreak this time of year, but the jump
About Shigella and its companion Shigella Blog were updated once again after extensive revisions by experts in the field and the staff and lawyers at Marler Clark, LLP PS, the only law firm in the United States that focuses its entire practice on foodborne illness litigation.
Shigella is a family of bacteria that can cause
Shigella was the third most common food-borne illness in the United States during 2008, according to the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) of CDC’s Emerging Infections Program, which collects data from 10 U.S. states.
The number of infections and incidence per 100,000 population were reported as follows:
Shigella is a bacterium that belongs to a small group of pathogens (including E. coli O157:H7 and Cryptosporidium) that can infect the gut after the ingestion of relatively few organisms, and can cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans. When ingested, Shigella bacteria penetrate the lining of the intestine, causing swelling and possibly causing sores to develop (Mayo Clinic, 2007, April 14).
Volunteer experiments have demonstrated that shigellosis – the illness caused by the ingestion of Shigella bacteria, which is also known as “bacillary dysentery” – can occur after ingestion of fewer than 200 bacteria (DuPont, et. al. 1989), making Shigella one of the most communicable and severe forms of the bacterial-induced diarrheas (Gomez, et.al. 2002).
Shigella is named after Kiyoshi Shiga, a Japanese scientist who discovered Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in 1896 during a large epidemic of dysentery in Japan (Keusch & Acheson, 1996). Since that time, several types of Shigella bacteria have been discovered – S. dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S. boydii, and S. sonnei – all named after the lead workers who discovered them (CDC, 2005, October 13).
Shigella thrives in the human intestine and is commonly spread both through food and by person-to-person contact. About 25,000 laboratory-confirmed cases of shigellosis are reported each year in the U.S. (Mead, et al., 1999); however, many cases go undiagnosed and/or unreported and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 450,000 total cases of shigellosis occur in the United States every year (Baer, et al., 1999; CDC, 2005, October 13).
No group of individuals is immune to shigellosis, but certain individuals are at increased risk. Small children acquire Shigella at the highest rate. Persons infected with HIV experience shigellosis much more commonly than other individuals, but this may largely be due to an increased risk among men having sex with men (Baer, et al., 1999).
In developing countries, S. flexneri is the most predominant cause of shigellosis, but S. dysinteriae type 1 is the most frequent cause of epidemic and endemic disease. In developed countries such as the United States, S. sonnei is the predominant cause of Shigellosis; S. sonnei is involved in over 75% of cases reported annually in the US (Keusch & Acheson, 1996).Continue Reading What is Shigella?
Oct 19, 2005, 03:09 AM
Parent Reaction to Local Shigellosis Cases
2 Local Confirmed Cases of Shigellosis
The Jackson County Health Department says they have two new cases of shigellosis. Two kids have contracted the contagious virus that causes vomiting, fever, stomach cramps and diarrhea. You’ll remember last school year, more than 100 Ingham County kids and 67 Jackson residents came down with the virus. Health officials say it’s too early determine if the problem will be of similar proportions this year.Continue Reading Parent Reaction to Local Shigellosis Cases
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