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Almost three weeks after health officials in Upstate New York announced they were investigating a Shigella outbreak affecting 25 people, the estimated victim count has grown to 45.

The outbreak is affecting residents of Onondaga County, which includes the city of Syracuse and is located in the northern central part of the state.

“There are…

According to the Santa Rosa Florida Health Department, cases of Shigellosis are on the rise. The health department has been receiving reports of one or two cases almost on a daily basis and most are in small family clusters and in-home daycare facilities.

Shigellosis is caused by a family of bacteria called Shigella. Symptoms include…

Public health officials are investigating an unusually large outbreak of shigellosis, a bacterial gastrointestinal illness that has sickened 25 people in Onondaga County.

The county Health Department announced there have been 15 laboratory confirmed cases and another 10 probable cases of shigellosis. More than half the cases involve children. Two of the people infected have…

Cases of people contracting a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea, fever and nausea are on the rise, according to St. Lucie County Health Department officials.

County health officials said lab tests have confirmed the infection, known as shigella, has infected 24 people since January. In all of 2011, there were 11 lab-confirmed cases in St.

Twenty-one cases of Shigella had been confirmed in eastern Cuyahoga County and western Lake County as of Jan. 20, and more cases were reported this week, according to officials of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. Some cases have occurred in the Orthodox Jewish community.

“The Academy’s health professional saw a handful of cases,” Rabbi…

WDRB reports that Jefferson County Kentucky schools are currently seeing a significant increase in Shigella illnesses: 

In the last few months health officials say they’ve noticed the increase in Shigellosis.

A letter went out to all schools on Wednesday from the health department and will soon alert parents of the outbreak in Louisville.

On November…

Alabama’s 13 reports that the local health department has notified the school board for Springville Elementary, Middle, and High Schools that at least 6 students have tested positive for shigella.  There have also been 2 possible additional cases.  This has resulted in the closure of the school on Monday, December 19, 2011.  On Monday, the school plans to…

Originally reported as an outbreak only at Worth County public schools, the Southwest Health District has indicated that the Shigella outbreak has spread to 6 counties.  Shigella is a highly contagious and infectious disease. Ingestion of fewer than 100 Shigella bacteria can cause food poisoning (American Public Health Association [APHA], 2000), making Shigella one of the…

Worth County Schools are closed Monday and Tuesday, after an outbreak of Shigella as infected students.

At least five students have tested positive for the intestinal bacteria, but the number of students who have it is likely much higher.

And it is not confined to schools, there has already been 260 possible cases in the…