A Shigella outbreak in England in 2021 has been linked to spring onions imported from Egypt.
In November 2021, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) detected an outbreak of 17 people infected with the same strain of Shigella sonnei. Analysis of whole genome sequencing (WGS) data revealed it was closely related to
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A dozen countries, including the United States, have reported more than 250 Shigella infections in people who went to Cape Verde.
An increase in shigellosis cases, mainly caused by Shigella sonnei, among travelers returning from Cape Verde, also known as Cabo Verde, has been reported in Europe, the United Kingdom
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A multi-country Shigella outbreak in Europe has been linked to stays at some hotels in Cape Verde.
Confirmed Shigella sonnei cases have been reported in the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said there is no information about
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An outbreak of Shigella in England in 2018 was likely caused by contaminated coriander, according to researchers.
The national food poisoning outbreak highlights the potential for a multi-drug resistant strain of Shigella sonnei to be transmitted via a food vehicle that is distributed across a wide geographic area, according to
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A Shigella outbreak in Denmark that sickened more than 40 people was likely caused by imported fresh mint.
In August and September, 44 Danes became ill including 30 women and 14 men between 0 and 75 years old. Thirteen people were hospitalized. Those sickened mostly live in Hovedstaden.
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More than 40 people are sick and almost a third have needed hospital treatment as part of a foodborne Shigella outbreak in Denmark.
From the end of August, 42 people have been registered with shigellosis in the country.
The outbreak is being investigated to try to pinpoint the source of
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The number of food safety incidents that involved an international network more than doubled in January to March this year compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
During the first quarter of 2020, the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 38 food safety events versus only 15
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Norwegian officials are investigating a national outbreak of Shigella linked to sugar peas, also referred to as sugar snaps, from Kenya.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet), local authorities and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) are investigating the eight illnesses in people aged 29 to 63 years old.
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Research conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests a greater proportion of Shigella infections in the United States are now resistant to a very important antibiotic. Shigella causes an estimated 500,000 cases of diarrhea in the United States annually and is transmitted easily from person
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Scientists have begun a clinical trial of two vaccines that may prevent Shigella infection, announced the National Institutes of Health Wednesday. The government-funded study will examine the effect of two different but related vaccines on 90 healthy adults ages 18 to 45 years old. Shigellosis, the disease caused by infection
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