Multistate shigellosis outbreak and commercially prepared food, United States.
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.
Kimura
Akiko C
AC
Infectious Diseases Branch, California Department of Health Services, Gardena, California 90248, USA. akimura@dhs.ca.gov
Johnson
Kammy
K
Palumbo
Mary S
MS
Hopkins
Jacqueline
J
Boase
Janice C
JC
Reporter
Roshan
R
Goldoft
Marcia
M
Stefonek
Karen R
KR
Farrar
Jeff A
JA
Van Gilder
Thomas J
TJ
Vugia
Duc J
DJ
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial