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Fresh mint linked to Danish Shigella outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on October 14, 2020

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…
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Denmark investigates Shigella outbreak with 40 sick

By Joe Whitworth on September 30, 2020

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…
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Shigella sickens eight in Norway; link to peas from Kenya

By Joe Whitworth on December 28, 2019

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…
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Health departments investigate caterer in shigellosis outbreak

By News Desk on March 12, 2018

At least 17 people became sick after two events catered by the same Seattle caterer on March 3, spurring an outbreak investigation by the county and state health departments.

Laboratory tests have confirmed Shigella infection…
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Souplantation restaurant implicated in shigellosis outbreak

By Coral Beach on June 24, 2017

Public health officials in California are praising the “swift and decisive action” of the Souplantation chain, which temporarily closed a restaurant in Camarillo in the midst of a shigellosis outbreak this week.

At least eight…
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Shigella investigators in Michigan bring in help from CDC

By Cathy Siegner on November 2, 2016

With 177 shigellosis cases reported between March 1 and Oct. 26 from Michigan’s Genesee and Saginaw counties and no source yet identified, state and county health officials have called on the Centers for Disease Control…
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Shigellosis outbreak at elementary school kept quiet for weeks

By News Desk on October 25, 2016

Public health and school officials in Randolph County, MO, are investigating an outbreak of Shigellosis that they have been quietly monitoring for weeks.

The county health department issued a news release Monday, more than three…
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Shigella infections hit record high in beleaguered Flint

By Cathy Siegner on October 7, 2016

Along with the highly publicized lead contamination of its water supply, Flint, MI, also bears the dubious distinction of having the highest number of Shigella cases in the state. The Genesee County Health Department has…
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California Restaurant Closed for Two Days While Shigella Outbreak Investigated

By News Desk on September 5, 2014

True Food Kitchen at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA, was closed for two days in late August while public health officials investigated six cases of Shigella infection. According to a Sept. 4 media report…
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Unusually High Number of Shigellosis Cases Reported in Coastal Bend Area of Texas

By News Desk on June 20, 2014

Many more residents than normal from the Coastal Bend area of Texas have reportedly come down with Shilgellosis, a bacterial infection that can cause serious diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps a day or two…
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Scientists Conduct Human Trial of Two New Shigella Vaccines

By News Desk on February 21, 2013

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…
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