Surveillance & Analysis on Shigella News & Outbreaks
According to press reports, cases of shigellosis continue to grow in Woodbury County nearly two months after health officials reported an outbreak of the contagious bacterial infection that causes diarrhea.
205 cases had been reported to Siouxland District Health Department as of Friday afternoon. About 100 had been diagnosed in early November.
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A Shigella outbreak continues to hit Grayson County hard. Health Department officials say new cases are being reported every day.
News 12 last reported there were 36 cases just before Thanksgiving. But, in just 13 days that number has jumped to 61 confirmed cases in Grayson County.
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Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, settled 70 lawsuits against Subway for undisclosed sums.
The Dupage County Health Department confirmed that at least 140 people have been culture confirmed with Shigella sonnei infections contracted at a Chicago-area Subway restaurant in March of 2010. Ten were hospitalized. Health authorities closed the restaurant at 1009…
Seventy people who say they became ill last year after eating at a Lombard Subway filed suit Monday against the restaurant chain.
The complaint filed in DuPage County accuses the Subway at 1009 E. Roosevelt Road of strict product liability, negligence and breach of warranty in connection with a food poisoning outbreak in late February…
Seventy people who say they became ill last year after eating at a Lombard Subway filed suit Monday against the restaurant chain.
The complaint filed in DuPage County accuses the Subway at 1009 E. Roosevelt Road of strict product liability, negligence and breach of warranty in connection with a food poisoning outbreak in late February…
At least 116 people have been culture confirmed with Shigella sonnei infections apparently contracted at a Chicago-area Subway restaurant in March of 2010. Ten were hospitalized. Health authorities closed the restaurant at 1009 E. Roosevelt in Lombard and launched an investigation into the source of the outbreak.
Shigella is a bacterium that can cause sudden…
Lombard, Illinois, Subway Restaurant 2010
An outbreak of Shigella sonnei was linked to eating at the Subway Restaurant in Lombard, Illinois (DuPage County). Persons who had eaten at the restaurant between February 24 and March 1 and who had developed gastrointestinal illness were urged to see their health care providers. As of April 15, 2010…
The number of affected people continues to grow as more come forward to report shigella infections after eating at a Lombard Subway restaurant.
Dave Hass of the DuPage County Health Department said there are currently 116 confirmed shigella cases linked to the Subway restaurant as of today. Of those cases, 13 people were hospitalized and…
A third lawsuit has been filed by Marler Clark in the Shigella food poisoning outbreak from a Lombard Subway restaurant.
Wheeling resident Michael Carpino consumed a Subway sandwich on Feb. 25, and fell ill by the following day. The lawsuit states that 45-year-old Carpino is still suffering from Shigella infection symptoms.
Currently, Marler Clark represents…
