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Common Misspellings of Shigella - shigell, Shigela, Shagella

Posted on April 18, 2008
Shigella is a bacterium that can cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans. Shigellosis is the name of the disease that Shigella causes. The illness is also known as "bacillary dysentery." Shigella bacteria can infect the intestinal tract after the ingestion of relatively few organisms...

Lower Hudson Jewish Community Hit By Shigella Outbreak

Posted on April 17, 2008
The Journal News, the  Gannett  newspaper the Lower Hudson Valley including  Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties in New York, today (4/17/08) is reporting on a Shigella outbreak involving local Jewish schools and day care centers...

Six Month Old Shigella Outbreak In Indianapolis Shows No Sign Of Ending, Marion County Health Department Reports

Posted on April 12, 2008
We've been watching the Shigella outbreak in the Indianapolis area all winter.   The pace continues with 16 new cases this week and 15 last week.   The county's health department marked the sixth month of the outbreak with a news release, which in part said:Marion County's Shigella outbreak has entered its six-month and local health officials are concerned that the highly contagious disease will gain momentum now that school-aged children have returned from spring break...

Shigella Outbreak Reported By Australian Disease Control

Posted on April 02, 2008
Adelaide in Southern Australia has an outbreak of Shigella, ABC News is reporting tonight (4/2/08).Director of the infectious diseases control branch, Ann Koehler, says cases of the illness, known as shigella, have been reported across Adelaide.Dr Koehler says it is one of the few types of gastro needing treatment with antibiotics because it can spread rapidly...

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Shigellosis Hits Central Illinois; 18 Cases In Tazewell County

Posted on March 27, 2008
News 25, the NBC affiliate in Central Illinois, is reporting a Shigella outbreak is occurring in Tazewell County.   The number of Shigella cases so far this year stands at 18, and that compares to only one during the year 2007.News25 reports that:Shigella is caused by a group of bacteria that health officials say can be avoided by hand-washing, sanitary food handling and diaper changing, eliminating shared water play areas, and staying home when diagnosed...

Shigella Having Its Way With Akron, Ohio

Posted on March 05, 2008
All those Clinton and Obama campaign workers may be getting out of Ohio just in time.  Or maybe not.Akron health officials are reporting that Ohio is suffering from the largest number of shigella cases since the 2001-2002 school year.    They say its been ongoing for several months with youngsters battling diarrhea caused by shigellosis, a highly contagious, bacterial infection...

PATH Looks To Vaccine World's Children For Shigella

Posted on March 03, 2008
A million children are killed annually by diarrhea disease caused by Shigella and Escherichia coli (E coli). The Info Project at the Bloomberg School of Health at John Hopkins University just published a fact sheet on "Developing New Vaccines Against Diarrheal Disease" by PATH...

PATH Looks For Vaccine For Shigella For World's Children

Posted on March 03, 2008
A million children are killed annually by diarrhea disease caused by Shigella and Escherichia coli (E coli). The Info Project at the Bloomberg School of Health at John Hopkins University just published a fact sheet on "Developing New Vaccines Against Diarrheal Disease" by PATH...

Blogging Nurse Advises Family With Shigella

Posted on February 12, 2008
Martha Gesegnet, RN, is a blogger who writes for The Natural Health Maven.   She recently wrote about friends who were quarantined in the home with an outbreak of shigella.  Nurse Gesegnet writes:It seems that her 4 year old contracted"Shigella" at a movie theatre...

Peoria Reports Uptick in Shegella Cases

Posted on February 04, 2008
If something will "Play in Peoria," it usually means that the rest of the country won't be far behind.  Let's hope that's not true this time, however, as Peoria is experiencing a worrisome uptick  in its reported cases of shigella...

Peoria Reports Uptick in Shigella Cases

Posted on February 04, 2008
If something will "Play in Peoria," it usually means that the rest of the country won't be far behind.  Let's hope that's not true this time, however, as Peoria is experiencing a worrisome uptick  in its reported cases of shigella...

OK Pre-School Sends Children Home Due to Shigella

Posted on January 26, 2008
Tahlequah, Oklahoma is probably best known  for being the headquarters of the Cherokee Nation. Yesterday, the Tahlequah Daily Press reported that a pre-school there sent its students home after one was infected with "a common bacteria"---shigella...

Indy Health Officials Work to Break Shigella Uptick

Posted on January 04, 2008
Health officials in Marion County, Indiana are hoping the Christmas & New Year's break from school will also help break the back of a serious uptick in Shigella cases in the Hoosier State capital city area.Prior to the winter vacation, Indianapolis health officials were warning residents to wash their hands after noticing "a spike in the number of cases of a highly contagious infection that causes bloody diarrhea and fever...

Shigella outbreak in Fond du Lac

Posted on November 06, 2007
Parents of children who attend Roberts Elementary School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, received letters this week regarding a Shigella outbreak at the school.  At least 14 people have become ill with shigellosis since the outbreak began, and parents were warned of the symptoms of Shigella infection and were asked to keep kids home from school and daycare if they exhibit symptoms of the illness...

Shigella cases increase in Mississippi

Posted on November 05, 2007
The Associated Press reported that Mississippi is experiencing an increase in the number of Shigella cases reported in comparison to last year's numbers.  According to the Mississippi Department of Health, at least 103 people have been confirmed ill with Shigellosis in Harrison, Hancock, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone, and George Counties...

Shigella outbreak in Knox County

Posted on October 19, 2007
WATE reported this morning that at least ten children in Knox County schools have become ill with Shigellosis, an illness caused by the Shigella bacterium.  Because it is easily spread in young children, the Knox County Health Department is warning parents to be aware of the signs and symptoms of Shigellosis...

Curbing An Outbreak: Preventing Shigellosis

Posted on October 03, 2007
Rock-Island County is putting out word on how to prevent the spread of Shigella, a bacterium that causes dysentery and foodborne illness.  An article published in the Quad-City Times carried the health department's message: [Theresa] Foes, assistant administrator for the Rock Island County Health Department, said the virus is passed through the digestive tract...

Shigella outbreaks everywhere

Posted on September 25, 2007
Several newspapers and TV stations are reporting Shigella outbreaks in different areas today.  The first reported outbreak came from WQAD TV in Illinois, which reported on the Rock Island County Health Department's investigation into an ongoing Shigella outbreak: The Rock Island County Health Department says there are more confirmed cases of a fast spreading illness known as shigella...

Baby carrots source of Shigella outbreak

Posted on August 20, 2007
On Saturday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned consumers not to eat baby carrots produced by the Los Angeles Salad Company because the baby carrots had been identified as the source of a Shigella outbreak.  According to the CFIA warning: The affected product, Los Angeles Salad Company Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots, is labelled as product of Mexico and imported by Los Angeles Salad Company...

California Shigella outbreak investigation ongoing

Posted on August 17, 2007
Pasadena Health Department investigators continue to work to determine the source of a Shigella outbreak that was traced to a Souplantation restaurant earlier this month.  Yesterday's Arcadia  Weekly reported on the outbreak: Pasadena Public Health Department's ongoing shigella outbreak investigation, in coordination with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, has identified 44 confirmed or suspected cases linked to the Souplantation in Pasadena...

Shigella identified in child attending daycare

Posted on August 15, 2007
Montgomery County, Ohio, health officials are investigating a case of Shigellosis in an 8-year-old child who attends a daycare center, according to a report in the Dayton Daily News.  The child is one of approximately 40 who share a classroom at Clara's Heart day care center, which closed after the child was diagnosed...

Alabama warns of Shigella outbreak

Posted on July 31, 2007
Alabama health officials are warning residents that Shigella is making its way across the state.  The Troy Messenger carried a story on the outbreak today.  The story included information released by the Alabama Department of Public Health, which stated that 40 residents of Barbour, Crenshaw, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, and Pike counties have been ill with Shigellosis in the last three months...

South Dakota Shigellosis Cases Increasing

Posted on July 19, 2007
The South Dakota Department of Health is reminding parents to protect their children from shigellosis, a common bacterial infection that increases in the summer. Shigellosis is spread by eating or drinking contaminated food or water or by direct contact with an infected person...

Health Officials Controlling Outbreak of Shigella

Posted on June 28, 2007
Tri-State health officials say they've experienced an outbreak of shigella in the past few months, but that they've got the illness under control. Shigella is a bacteria that causes an infectious disease whose symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever – especially in young children...

Intestinal malady outbreak reported

Posted on June 28, 2007
A small outbreak of the intestinal infection known as shigellosis has been recorded in the past three weeks in Mobile County, the first outbreak health workers have seen in the area since 2002, according to the Mobile County Health Department. Shigellosis, caused by shigella bacteria, can be marked by dysentery, blood in the stool, diarrhea, fever, stomach cramping, headache, nausea and vomiting...

Flying the Unfriendly Skys

Posted on May 29, 2007
GATE GOURMET OUTBREAK FACTS In September, 2004, health agencies from many U.S. states, as well as international health agencies, began reporting persons ill with Shigella sonnei infections. Tests conducted on many U.S. residents who had cultured positive for the bacteria revealed a matching genetic pattern amongst the samples provided...

Shigella outbreak in Citrus County

Posted on May 18, 2007
Brooksville, Florida - In response to a recent Shigella outbreak in several Citrus County day care centers, The Hernando County Health Department is working to educate local residents about the bacteria. Symptoms of Shigella can include diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever and usually start within 1-7 days of exposure...

Shigellosis outbreak is afflicting children in day care

Posted on May 18, 2007
Health officials are calling on parents, caretakers, and workers at day-care centers and schools to help end an outbreak of a highly contagious intestinal illness called shigellosis. The outbreak started in early November and has spread to about 60 day cares in the city and in north St...

Infections linked to area daycares

Posted on April 30, 2007
Health department cites almost 80 cases of shigella, which can cause diarrhea, stomach pain and fever An outbreak of a diarrheal infection has hit daycares across the county the past few months, according to the Citrus County Health Department. Since January there have been almost 80 confirmed cases of shigella and about 30 other possible cases, assistant director of nursing Virginia Crandall said...

17,252 confirmed cases of food poisoning in 2006 in US

Posted on April 22, 2007
The CDC today released its preliminary 2006 food-borne illness data from 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. A total of 17,252 confirmed cases (actual cases may be anywhere between 20 and 30 times the confirmed cases) of food-borne illness were reported in those states in 2006, according to the CDC...

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