An outbreak of shigellosis in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community.
An outbreak of Shigellosis due to Shigella sonnei, S. flexnerii and S. boydii in an ultra-religious Jewish community in Southern Israel is described. The source of epidemic was traced to vegetables bought from a single source. The importance of epidemic and endemic modes of spread of Shigella is discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews; D012761:Shigella boydii; D012763:Shigella flexneri; D012764:Shigella sonnei; D014675:Vegetables