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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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