title: Multistate shigellosis outbreak and commercially prepared food, United States.
abstract: In 2000, shigellosis traced to a commercially prepared dip developed in 406 persons nationwide. An ill employee may have inadvertently contaminated processing equipment. This outbreak demonstrates the vulnerability of the food supply and how infectious organisms can rapidly disseminate through point-source contamination of a widely distributed food item.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Branch, California Department of Health Services, Gardena, California 90248, USA. akimura@dhs.ca.gov
authors.forename: Akiko C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Kammy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Mary S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Palumbo
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: Janice C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Boase
authors.forename: Roshan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reporter
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldoft
authors.forename: Karen R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Stefonek
authors.forename: Jeff A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Farrar
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Van Gilder
authors.forename: Duc J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Vugia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005525:Food-Processing Industry / Q000592:standards; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial